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<v Keelan McClymont>Test, test, captions test.

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<v Olivia Clark>Test, test, captions test.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Good morning.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>I'm now calling to order this meeting of the Portland City Council.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>It's 9:32 on Wednesday, October 14th.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Keelan, can you please call the roll?

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<v Keelan McClymont>Good morning.

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<v Keelan McClymont>Clark?

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<v Olivia Clark>Here.

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<v Keelan McClymont>Green?

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<v Mitch Green>Here.

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<v Keelan McClymont>Zimmerman?

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<v Eric Zimmerman>Here.

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<v Keelan McClymont>Smith.

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<v Loretta Smith>Here.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Here.

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<v Keelan McClymont>Ryan.

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<v Dan Ryan>Here.

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<v Angelita Morillo>Here.

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<v Keelan McClymont>Here.

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<v Keelan McClymont>Here.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>And Councilor Aviles has joined us as well.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>And could the attorney please read the rules of decorum for the chamber?

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<v Nancy Thorington>Good morning.

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<v Nancy Thorington>Welcome to the Portland City Council.

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<v Nancy Thorington>To testify before council in person or virtually, you must sign up in advance on the council agenda at www.portland.gov/council/agenda.

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<v Nancy Thorington>Information on engaging with the council can be found on the council clerk's webpage.

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<v Nancy Thorington>Individuals may testify for 3 minutes unless the presiding officer states otherwise.

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<v Nancy Thorington>Your microphone will be muted when your time is over.

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<v Nancy Thorington>The presiding officer preserves order.

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<v Nancy Thorington>Disruptive conduct such as shouting, refusing to conclude your testimony when your time is up, or interrupting others' testimony or council deliberations will not be allowed.

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<v Nancy Thorington>If you cause a disruption, a warning will be given.

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<v Nancy Thorington>Further disruption will result in an ejection from the meeting.

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<v Nancy Thorington>Anyone who fails to leave once ejected is subject to arrest for trespass.

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<v Nancy Thorington>Additionally, council may take a short recess and reconvene virtually.

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<v Nancy Thorington>Your testimony should address the matter being considered.

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<v Nancy Thorington>When testifying, state your name for the record.

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<v Nancy Thorington>Your address is not necessary.

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<v Nancy Thorington>If you're a lobbyist, identify the organization you represent.

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<v Nancy Thorington>Virtual testifiers should unmute themselves when the council clerk calls their name.

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<v Angelita Morillo>Thank you.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you very much.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Colleagues, our first item on our every agenda is the approval of today's agenda.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>I understand there is going to be an interest to rearrange items.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>As if anyone watching along at home, there was a 9/12 item added to our agenda.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Councilor Kanal.

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<v Sameer Kanal>Yeah, Councilor— Council President, I would like to move to reorder the agenda to move the 9/12 item up immediately after the consent agenda item.

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<v Sameer Kanal>I'm going to make sure I get the the numbers correct here.

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<v Sameer Kanal>So consent agenda is 6 through 11, so this would be moving it between 11 and 12, and it is currently 14.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Okay, thank you, Councilor.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Uh, do we need to move on that, or do we just— I don't—.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>How does that work?

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<v Keelan McClymont>Sorry, just want to clarify.

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<v Keelan McClymont>It looks like the consent goes 6 through 9.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Um, I have 6 through 11.

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<v Unidentified speaker>Oh, 11 online.

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<v Keelan McClymont>Yep, it's because I'm looking at the wrong agenda.

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<v Keelan McClymont>Sorry.

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<v Keelan McClymont>Thank you.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Okay, um, do I need it for a reorder of an agenda?

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Is there a— is that a motion?

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Do we need to second that?

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<v Keelan McClymont>We do need a motion and a second.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Councilor Kanal moves to reorder the agenda to move the 9/12 item between or up to item— between items 11 and 12, and Councilor Pirtle-Guiney seconds.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Colleagues, is there any other, uh, requests for a reordering of the agenda, or— okay, can I have unanimous consent to accept the reorder and accept the remainder of the agenda?

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Seeing no one freaking out, the agenda is accepted.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Colleagues, real quick, 2 other quick housekeeping notes, uh, related to our schedule, not specifically today.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>But first, uh, a reminder for everybody that City Hall is going to be undergoing maintenance on our HVAC system on November 2nd through November 6th.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>All meetings that week, the 2 council meetings and the Committee of the Whole meeting, uh, will be fully remote that week.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>And so second, Wednesday, November 11th is Veterans Day and a city holiday.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Under normal city procedure, this would result in our regular council meeting being held at 9:30 AM on Thursday the 12th.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>However, it'll work better with our other scheduled committee meetings if we hold our regular meeting at 2 o'clock On the 12th, when we would normally hold our recessed meeting.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Code requires that council make and approve a motion to do this, so I move that our meeting regularly scheduled for 9:30 AM on November 11th instead begins at 2 o'clock on November 12th.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>May I have unanimous consent?

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Okay.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Okay, the agenda is approved.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>We have made a motion to fix the calendar next 2 weeks from now, 3 weeks from now, whatever, a month, I don't care.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Uh, Keelan, please please move to public communications.

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<v Keelan McClymont>First up today, we have Kate Calvert.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Welcome up, folks.

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<v Unidentified speaker>Do Kate—.

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<v Keelan McClymont>Kate Calvert.

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<v Keelan McClymont>Uh, next we have Anne Casper.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Good morning.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Please state your name for the record.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>You're welcome to share your pronouns, and you have 3 minutes.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>And, and don't worry, take, take your time.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Yeah, take your time.

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<v Candace Avalos>Thank you.

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<v Anne Casper>This is only half of—.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>It's a lot of books.

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<v Unidentified speaker>All right, good morning.

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<v Sandra Wood>Very nice to see you.

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<v Anne Casper>Thank you all.

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<v Anne Casper>My name is Anne Casper.

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<v Anne Casper>I'm a master's student in virtual reality at, at University of Oregon in immersive media communications.

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<v Anne Casper>I'm also on the Eliot Neighborhood Association board, and I've been volunteering here in City Hall since 1984.

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<v Anne Casper>I'm here today about the World Mental Health Day event at Albino Library tonight at 6:15.

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<v Anne Casper>We are celebrating the World Mental Health Day as well as the University of Oregon purchasing 14 of these books.

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<v Anne Casper>I was at Yale University last week for a similar celebration of authors of lived experience, lived mental health experience.

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<v Anne Casper>Thank you.

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<v Anne Casper>The United States does not yet have a mental health lived experiences department as other countries do in the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Scotland, and we are getting here a part of it here at the University of Oregon in Northeast Portland.

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<v Anne Casper>You all can check out books there if you don't know.

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<v Anne Casper>It's a beautiful library in the Concordia neighborhood.

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<v Anne Casper>Why are these books important?

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<v Anne Casper>They are written by authors who have their own experiences and do their own research.

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<v Anne Casper>Some of them are survivors, ex-patients, and they are making history.

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<v Anne Casper>This is a modern movement.

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<v Anne Casper>It's decentralized.

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<v Anne Casper>So we don't—.

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<v Anne Casper>We have like 5 names.

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<v Anne Casper>We don't agree on the names yet.

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<v Anne Casper>It started in 1969, actually in Portland, Oregon, here.

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<v Anne Casper>And, um, and we're all over global.

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<v Anne Casper>I work with people in France, South Africa.

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<v Anne Casper>I was just, um, at the United Nations a couple weeks ago.

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<v Anne Casper>And we are working on making this life a better place.

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<v Anne Casper>Thank you.

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<v Anne Casper>Uh, here in the city of Portland, you have a peer support specialist working for you, but you pay them $20,000 less than a community health worker.

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<v Anne Casper>So it just happens sometimes that cities don't have the knowledge yet of what works for real people.

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<v Anne Casper>So books like these are important because they're needed to help you make good policy and help us actually heal.

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<v Anne Casper>So unfortunately, when Commissioner Pirtle had people testify about the mental health systems and making decisions about the legislation you're going to vote on.

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<v Anne Casper>I think good advice to the Oregon legislature.

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<v Anne Casper>She unfortunately kept out the voices of us peers, the families, the nonprofit organizations, and the police that actually work together, um, on mental health every day.

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<v Anne Casper>So for example, this is an example.

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<v Anne Casper>So if you make legislative advice on Black families, would you keep the voices of the Black families and Black people away from giving testimony?

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<v Anne Casper>It happens in mental health.

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<v Anne Casper>Let's have all voices here at the table tonight at the Bynum Library.

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<v Anne Casper>We'll have people from DBSA.

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<v Anne Casper>Does the city know what DBSA is?

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<v Anne Casper>From Disability Rights Oregon and from NAMI Multnomah, NAMI Oregon, North Star Clubhouse, OCAC, all these organizations that the city is yet to be working with.

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<v Anne Casper>I encourage you, please work with the county together.

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<v Anne Casper>Thank you.

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<v Anne Casper>Work with the county together, work with us.

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<v Anne Casper>We will find our way out of this time in Portland.

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<v Anne Casper>And believe us when we say when things don't work, we are the ones living with your decisions.

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<v Anne Casper>And I appreciate who you are and what work you're doing and for being here.

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<v Anne Casper>Thank you.

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<v Anne Casper>Thank you very much.

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<v Anne Casper>Can I leave these with the flyers?

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<v Unidentified speaker>Okay.

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<v Keelan McClymont>Next up we have Micah Mescal.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Good morning.

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<v Unidentified speaker>I'm sorry.

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<v Michael Meskel>Good morning, Council President and councilors.

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<v Michael Meskel>My name is Michael Meskel and I work for the Bird Alliance of Oregon where I'm our conservation director.

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<v Michael Meskel>And I'm gonna start off today by lending our organization's support for implementing an immediate moratorium on drone facilities in the city and the development of a policy to limit the potential negative impact of drone operations On the city's residents and wildlife.

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<v Michael Meskel>Beyond the obvious human health, human safety, and human privacy issues that drones pose on the urban landscape, there's growing body of research that indicates drones can negatively impact wildlife, especially native birds during native migration, during migration and nesting seasons.

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<v Michael Meskel>We urge you to support Councilor Kanal and Councilor Pirtle-Guiney's moratorium and policy development process.

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<v Michael Meskel>We are ready to dig in during the moratorium alongside the city's planning staff its terrestrial wildlife biologist, its noise control officer, and community members to help inform the city's own policy that incorporates the best practices and available science to protect our city's wildlife and residents.

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<v Michael Meskel>Over the last 2 years, we've been engaging with Oregon State Parks to help inform and adopt strong drone regulations to protect native birds, wildlife, and people in Oregon State Parks, and we're ready to bring those learnings and policy concepts to a city policy.

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<v Michael Meskel>And while I'm here, I'm also gonna take the opportunity to briefly share my organization's ongoing efforts to protect and steward our 172 acres of forested habitat in Northwest Portland, which we do so in alignment with the city's conservation efforts.

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<v Michael Meskel>Bird Alliance of Oregon was founded in 1902 and the bird— as a bird conservation advocating for the protection of native birds and habitat they rely on.

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<v Michael Meskel>For over 90 years of our 124-year history, we've been advocates and stewards of the natural world.

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<v Michael Meskel>Thank you.

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<v Michael Meskel>Of our property in the surrounding forest in the Northwest Hills of Portland.

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<v Michael Meskel>This land was parceled together over years while our members and organization simultaneously advocated for the conservation of public lands in the Northwest Hills as the rest of the city was being developed.

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<v Michael Meskel>We now own and manage 172 publicly accessible acres of maturing forest adjacent to the largest forested urban park in the nation.

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<v Michael Meskel>Our sanctuary includes some of the city's oldest and tallest trees.

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<v Michael Meskel>Thank you.

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<v Michael Meskel>One of the largest red-legged frog breeding ponds in the city and the largest wildlife hospital in the state and miles of publicly accessible trails.

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<v Michael Meskel>We manage it for wildlife habitat, biodiversity, carbon sequestration, and public access, all values that benefit from a larger contiguous system of protected areas.

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<v Michael Meskel>In fact, the ecological health and function of our sanctuary and wildlife that use it depends on the broader protected system.

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<v Michael Meskel>That's why in the early '90s, we helped inform and advocate for the passage of the Forest Park Natural Resource Management Plan, whose top our top-line conservation goal is to protect native plant and animal communities and grow an ancient forest.

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<v Michael Meskel>Our organization, its members, and the public cherish this land and take great pride in stewarding it and conserving it towards this goal.

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<v Michael Meskel>And this ethic bleeds onto other public lands and public resources that are connected.

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<v Michael Meskel>We offer any of you councilors to come take a tour of our site and see how it connects to the broader system.

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<v Sameer Kanal>Thank you.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you very much.

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<v Keelan McClymont>Next up we have Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Good morning.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>I want to start by saying—.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Okay, introduce yourself.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>Oh, Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>Thank y'all.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>Um, I wanna start by saying what Leonard Peltier told Democracy Now on Indigenous Day.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>Killing women, children, bombing every damn thing, annihilating a race of people, that's what happened to us.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>See, we're all here together, and I'm here to help advocate to— I want a better understanding on how this city governs its city.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>But can't advocate for schools, especially with one of the councils being an old board member.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>You should realize how crucial the system is.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>Shutting down schools while your infrastructure will be affected.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>I suggest some of you board members come to these meetings and right sizings just to get a get a clear understanding on what's going on with this community.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>See, the superintendent shouldn't be making $334,792.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>That's a lot for the stuff I do for free.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>I volunteered 789 hours for our Native community last year.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>I've been in front of you, I've been in front of the county, I've been everywhere.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>My main focus is for our generations to come.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>Like I told the county last week, all this voting stuff that you guys are doing none of it matters if you're not voting for your generations to come to succeed.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>That's why we're here.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>As you can see, your infrastructure of your city is everywhere.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>It may not be your fault, but there's board members that could have made change.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>Now, one thing I want to talk about is, as a Native person, I share a lot of my personal stories because I've been through a lot of pain in this city in the last 6 years I've been here.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>Personally have experienced stuff.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>As I shared a story with y'all at the beginning of the year, losing, losing someone so precious to me, I get to tell you to your face now how that affected me.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>I don't know how we're not advocating for ICE in this city yet.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>I don't know how ICE is even able to do what they're doing in this city still.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>We need to be really clear.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>We're all indigenous.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>Our brown people are at risk too.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>Councilmember Herbold.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>Every immigrant is at risk.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>And this is the city of immigrants, the whole— I don't know how this is going on.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>And as this person sitting here talking about saving trees and birds, we need to take care of our land.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>Our land speaks for us, you guys.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>If we're not taking care of that—.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>Councilor Loretta Smith.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>Like none of this matters either, because what are you going to be sitting on when nothing's there?

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>Like I feel like you know there's some type of disconnection.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>There needs to be a government-to-government connection between the city, the county, and the districts when it comes to your schools and your education system.

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<v Lisa Jackson Spotted Elk>I don't know how that's not happened yet, but that should happen because voting season's around the corner and.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you very much.

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<v Keelan McClymont>Next up, we have Edie Rogaway.

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<v Sandra Wood>Thank you, uh, Council.

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<v Kate Calvert>My name is Edie Rogaway.

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<v Edie Rogaway>I'm a second-generation Portland native, a proud second-generation Portland native.

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<v Edie Rogaway>I have, I've given up hope, uh, about Portland returning.

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<v Edie Rogaway>I, I, I have lost hope.

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<v Edie Rogaway>I am here only because I have an elderly mother and I won't leave her.

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<v Edie Rogaway>I have no hope for Portland.

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<v Edie Rogaway>But if that— if it were not for that, like the vast majority of the higher earning tax base, I would be gone in a New York minute.

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<v Edie Rogaway>So since this is recorded and for my own, I don't know, therapy, I want to say this.

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<v Edie Rogaway>Candace Avalos is the single biggest threat to my city, and it's not her city.

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<v Edie Rogaway>She's not from here.

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<v Edie Rogaway>I'm from here.

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<v Edie Rogaway>That there is.

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<v Edie Rogaway>And I want to I want to make a record of that.

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<v Edie Rogaway>So what happened is Candace Avalos ran for city council once.

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<v Edie Rogaway>I believe she got 9% of the vote, which, you know, is concerning.

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<v Edie Rogaway>And so, but she's smart and sophisticated.

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<v Edie Rogaway>And so what she did is she got herself appointed on the redistricting commission or the charter commission when the city council respectfully was completely asleep at the wheel for the 2 years of COVID where the entire city of Portland got basically a paid vacation on our dollars.

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<v Edie Rogaway>So she gets on this commission.

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<v Edie Rogaway>Before that, she was the head of a nonprofit, an environmental nonprofit.

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<v Edie Rogaway>I believe she was making 6 figures that the city of Portland was paying for while she was on this charter commission, uh, while she is creating GoFundMes.

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<v Edie Rogaway>And I have the receipts to ask people to pay for her vacation.

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<v Edie Rogaway>Thank you.

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<v Edie Rogaway>She, she framed them under the guise of, I'd like to go to this convention.

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<v Edie Rogaway>Well, if you're making 6 figures, Candy, you can pay for the convention yourself.

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<v Edie Rogaway>So prior to running, part of her strategy was to make a completely baseless anti-Semitic accusation against Vadim Mazerosky.

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<v Edie Rogaway>I don't know how to say his name correctly.

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<v Edie Rogaway>They were on the charter commission together, and because he disagreed with her— I know this was covered up and no one wants to talk about it, Because he disagreed with her on a valid, uh, substantive issue that the commission was tasked with discussing, she accused him of racism.

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<v Edie Rogaway>And the media actually covered that story.

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<v Edie Rogaway>So whenever Candace doesn't get her way, she makes an accusation of racism.

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<v Edie Rogaway>I've heard recently that she attended, uh, an event—.

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<v Edie Rogaway>Councilor Smith.

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<v Edie Rogaway>Uh, am I done or do I have 30 more seconds?

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<v Edie Rogaway>Okay, so here we go.

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<v Edie Rogaway>Um, I just want to make a record that this woman is a grifter.

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<v Edie Rogaway>She has capitalized on Portland taxpayers.

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<v Edie Rogaway>Whenever she doesn't get her way, she claims racism, although her racial identity— well, there's some questions about that.

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<v Edie Rogaway>So I would ask you all—.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>All right, thank you.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>I think that's enough.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you very much.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>You've crossed the line in terms of disparaging individual councilors.

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<v Edie Rogaway>Thank you.

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<v Edie Rogaway>I'm so sorry.

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<v Edie Rogaway>Thank you.

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<v Edie Rogaway>I'm so sorry.

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<v Candace Avalos>Uh, thank you for your comments.

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<v Candace Avalos>You're welcome to bring those directly to me.

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<v Candace Avalos>I'm happy to talk to you about— you've made a lot of false claims, so happy to chat offline.

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<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Thanks.

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<v Keelan McClymont>Um, we're gonna circle back to the first communication.

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<v Keelan McClymont>Kate Calvert has joined online.

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<v Keelan McClymont>Kate, you're muted.

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<v Keelan McClymont>Um, just a moment, we need to—.

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<v Keelan McClymont>Okay, there we go.

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<v Keelan McClymont>Kate, can you hear us?

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<v Kate Calvert>Yes, I'm sorry, I'm, I'm really bad about, um, computers and stuff.

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<v Kate Calvert>I really, I apologize to everyone for holding you up, so I'm so sorry.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>No need to apologize.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>You're good.

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<v Kate Calvert>Well, good morning.

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<v Kate Calvert>My comment to you all, and I'm sorry about all the negativity here, but I'm finding that our representatives in the city do not listen to those of us who live here and are paying high taxes, even in middle-class areas where I live.

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<v Kate Calvert>The City of Portland, the Planning and Sustainability team, and our representatives in District 2 have all voted for so-called low-income housing for Portland.

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<v Kate Calvert>But it does not belong on our street, which is Huron Avenue between Lombard and Oberlin in North Portland.

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<v Kate Calvert>It's a very narrow street which has no parking on Lombard and no extra parking on, on Oberlin.

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<v Kate Calvert>8 neighbors that are going to be impacted the most, one of which has no off-street parking, by the 6th were only notified via an orange flyer on our doors that the property was going to be demolished.

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<v Kate Calvert>Thank you.

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<v Kate Calvert>We found out later that the Planning and Sustainability Group was in the approval stage for 6 houses on this property.

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<v Kate Calvert>To find out more information, we had to do some digging rather than our District 2 representatives getting in touch about the huge negative change this was going to have on our short, narrow street.

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<v Kate Calvert>There is no parking, extra parking here, and there will be no parking on the, on the infill housing area.

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<v Kate Calvert>Thank you.

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<v Kate Calvert>So although 8 of us living here have tried to get only 4 houses on the small property because we understand the need for low-income housing, 6 units were set to move forward.

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<v Kate Calvert>I personally got in touch with Kevin Bond and continued to ask questions about the appropriateness of their initial approval.

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<v Kate Calvert>Before this building was approved, we met with Dan Ryan and aide Will— uh, aide— his, his aide Will Messbaut, who were great.

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<v Kate Calvert>And we had a meeting set up by Tom Karwacki, which we really appreciated, the chair and president of the University Park Neighborhood Association in Portland.

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<v Kate Calvert>And Kevin joined that as well, and Matt from Sameer's office attended.

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<v Kate Calvert>All of them, all of— after all of this, the answer was sorry, there's nothing we can do for all of us.

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<v Kate Calvert>I will reiterate that these infill housing do not belong on every street in Portland.

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<v Kate Calvert>Thank you.

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<v Kate Calvert>You do not listen to people who live here, and from what I read on nextdoor.com, this is a universal feeling our representatives on many issues here in Portland.

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<v Kate Calvert>Although you give lip service to caring about our quality of life, your actions betray your true feelings.

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<v Kate Calvert>And now our nice neighborhood is going to be filled with 18 garbage cans and 5 yellow bins for one property, 6 to 12 more cars.

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<v Kate Calvert>Councilmember Houses right near this infill project have children living there who will— who play on the street.

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<v Kate Calvert>That, that will no longer be available to them with the increased traffic and the addition of the cars parked on the street.

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<v Kate Calvert>So let me just say one more time, you do not listen to people who live here, and we need to be heard.

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<v Kate Calvert>And the voting's coming up, and that's it.

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<v Kate Calvert>So thank you for your time.

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<v Kate Calvert>Again, I apologize for, for wasting your time this morning.

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<v Raymond C. Lee>Thank you.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you very much for being here.

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<v Keelan McClymont>That completes communications.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you very much.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Colleagues, our next item on our agenda is the, uh, we're going to hear an update from City Administrator Lee on the status of ongoing responses to federal interventions in our city.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>City Administrator Lee.

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<v Raymond C. Lee>Thank you, Council President.

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<v Raymond C. Lee>Uh, as council is aware, uh, we— you should have received an immigration enforcement briefing on Monday.

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<v Raymond C. Lee>And there have been no major new developments since then.

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<v Raymond C. Lee>The city will continue to monitor activity.

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<v Raymond C. Lee>Community advocates report that enforcement levels have fluctuated, which— with activity trending downward since last week.

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<v Raymond C. Lee>Councilors will receive an email later today with a list of resources to share with the community as well.

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<v Raymond C. Lee>There are no new updates on the actual facility itself as of today.

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<v Raymond C. Lee>Thank you.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you very much, City Administrator.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Keelan, can we please call our first time-certain item?

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<v Keelan McClymont>Document—.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Sure, absolutely.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Hold on, before we move on that, Councilor Morillo.

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<v Angelita Morillo>So sorry, Council President, I didn't raise my hand till later.

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<v Angelita Morillo>Um, thank you, City Administrator, for that update.

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<v Angelita Morillo>Um, can you clarify for the public where we're at in the sort of land use process for the McAdam Building?

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<v Angelita Morillo>We've been getting an influx of questions on that again, and I know, uh, I'm not asking you to say anything that we legally can't, but I just I just think explaining to them like where we're at on the court case, all of that will be helpful.

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<v Raymond C. Lee>I would ask if legal has any updates on that, because right now I know our city attorneys are in that process as well.

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<v Nancy Thorington>Yeah, our office will have to— I personally do not know, but our office can get something to you.

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<v Angelita Morillo>Okay, I think having it, you know, told on the record for the public to hear is what I'm asking for, whatever we can share with them, because there is an influx of questions again.

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<v Angelita Morillo>And because I'm the immigrant on council, people expect answers from me in a different way, I think.

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<v Nancy Thorington>I will be in the chair again tomorrow so I can have that information before we start tomorrow's meeting.

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<v Angelita Morillo>Great.

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<v Angelita Morillo>Thank you so much.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you, Councilor Morillo.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Councilor Kanal?

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<v Sameer Kanal>Just to put a finer point on that, I agree with everything Councilor Morillo said.

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<v Sameer Kanal>Can we have that be a scheduled subsection of this report every time?

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<v Raymond C. Lee>Sure.

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<v Sameer Kanal>Because we get asked about this literally every week.

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<v Sameer Kanal>So, and there was a gathering about it yesterday across the street.

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<v Sameer Kanal>So I'm aware that there's a lot of folks who are still very interested in that from how loud that was.

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<v Sameer Kanal>So just want to make sure that that's kind of the default setting.

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<v Dan Ryan>Thanks.

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<v Sandra Wood>Thank you.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you very much.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Okay, Keelan, seeing no other hands in the queue, can we move on to our first time certain item?

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<v Keelan McClymont>Document 2026-345, amend the Portland Zoning Code to bring it into compliance with Oregon State Thank you very much.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>This is the first reading of a non-emergency ordinance.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Christopher Hare from Council Operations is here with a committee staff summary report.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Christopher, good morning.

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<v Christopher Hare>Good morning, Council President and councilors.

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<v Christopher Hare>For the record, Christopher Hare, Council Operations Policy Analyst, and reading on behalf of Claire Adamsick, who staffs the Housing and Permitting Committee and prepared this committee staff summary.

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<v Christopher Hare>The ordinance before you, document number 2026-345, was heard in the Housing and Permitting Committee on October 6th, where it was referred to council with the recommendation to pass.

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<v Christopher Hare>The ordinance amends Portland City Code Title 33, Planning and Zoning, and adopts legislative intent and findings as shown in the State Land Use Compliance Project Recommended Draft, Exhibit B.

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<v Christopher Hare>The ordinance also directs adoption of the findings of fact report, Exhibit A, as additional findings.

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<v Christopher Hare>The ordinance takes effect January 1st, 2027.

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<v Mitch Green>Second.

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<v Christopher Hare>The code amendments bring the city's planning and zoning code into compliance with state land use regulations passed by the Oregon Legislature in 2025 and 2026.

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<v Christopher Hare>The amendments are grouped under the following categories in the recommended draft.

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<v Christopher Hare>Category 1, middle housing development standards, including updating allowed configurations for middle housing, adding new required bonuses for middle housing, and changing some development standards that apply to middle housing land divisions.

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<v Christopher Hare>Category 2, land use review procedures, including adjusting the timeline for middle housing land division applications, Consolidating land division reviews and revising notification, public hearing, and appeal regulations.

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<v Christopher Hare>Category 3, allowed uses, including expanding where residential treatment facilities are allowed and making it easier to replace a dwelling that has been damaged or destroyed by natural or involuntary event.

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<v Christopher Hare>The full impact statements on this item includes information on economic and real estate development impacts and community impacts and community involvement.

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<v Christopher Hare>One person provided verbal testimony and one person submitted written testimony.

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<v Christopher Hare>Thank you, Mayor.

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<v Christopher Hare>On this item via the MAP app prior to committee action.

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<v Christopher Hare>The general themes included the city's application of zoning changes in a way that supports the economic viability of building needed housing in Portland, concerns regarding increased requirements for common areas that limit development on constrained sites, potentially reducing the number or size of residential units that can be built, differences in parking regulations for attached and detached units, potentially creating confusion for housing developers.

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<v Christopher Hare>Thank you.

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<v Christopher Hare>And that concludes the committee staff summary.

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<v Christopher Hare>Thank you.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you very much, Christopher.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Councilor Avalos, this came out of your committee.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Any opening remarks?

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<v Candace Avalos>Thank you.

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<v Candace Avalos>Yes, um, the committee's discussion was fairly straightforward.

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<v Candace Avalos>We heard some testimony raising broader questions about middle housing, particularly around common area and parking requirements, but ultimately recognized that this ordinance is focused on bringing the city into compliance with recent state law.

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<v Candace Avalos>Those broader policy issues can continue to be considered through future work, but they did not change the committee's recommendation on this item, and so therefore it was referred to full council.

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<v Michael Meskel>Thanks.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you very much, Councilor Avalos.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Colleagues, we have staff from Planning and Sustainability here if there are any technical or clarifying questions before we move to public testimony.

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<v Unidentified speaker>Councilor Ryan.

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<v Dan Ryan>Thank you, Council President.

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<v Dan Ryan>Yes, I do have a couple.

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<v Dan Ryan>I have one technical question, actually 2.

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<v Dan Ryan>I'm curious, was the feedback of the DRAC body, was it about these updates?

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<v Dan Ryan>Were their recommendations included in the amendments?

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<v Dan Ryan>Oh, thanks, Sandy.

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<v Sandra Wood>Hello, Councilors.

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<v Sandra Wood>Sandra Wood for the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability.

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<v Sandra Wood>Um, for the record, um, I use she/her pronouns.

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<v Sandra Wood>Um, we did, um, share this proposal with the DRAC, um, and as you know, we, we attend the DRAC meetings every month and, and engage with them.

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<v Sandra Wood>Um, this project was so focused on state compliance, and the state rules, they use different language than we use, and so it was basically like taking the state, um, the purpose of the state, um, bills and translating them into this Portland zoning code so developers can see all the rules in one place.

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<v Sandra Wood>So, right.

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<v Dan Ryan>I just always valued their opinions when I had that assignment.

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<v Dan Ryan>How do these amendments affect the waste management and parking regulations for infill housing like cottage clusters and multifamily housing or single family?

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<v Sandra Wood>Um, waste management was one of the questions and parking.

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<v Sandra Wood>Yeah.

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<v Sandra Wood>All right, so for waste management, they don't.

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<v Sandra Wood>The state hasn't required anything for waste management, but we do have a project that's called Space for Waste that we're working on closely right now with our colleagues in the Bureau of Planning Sustainability that manage the city's waste system.

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<v Dan Ryan>Can you tell me a little bit about Waste for Space?

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<v Sandra Wood>Space for Waste.

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<v Dan Ryan>Space for Waste, yeah, that'd be better.

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<v Sandra Wood>Oh, it's my favorite project.

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<v Unidentified speaker>It's my favorite project right now.

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<v Sandra Wood>It is basically what we're doing is taking a look at existing multi-dwelling projects and seeing what developers have already provided for space, we're seeing quite an array of solutions, or maybe not so many solutions, especially when it comes to these new types of housing like cottage clusters, where I think the culture is that they're sort of like single-dwelling houses that people are using by themselves.

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<v Sandra Wood>Yes.

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<v Sandra Wood>And so both our waste system treats them like residential through the residential franchise system versus the commercial system.

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<v Sandra Wood>So we're looking at that, and we're looking at the zoning code regulations that would be paired with that.

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<v Sandra Wood>So that's for waste.

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<v Sandra Wood>For parking, as you know, we don't require parking for any type of development in the City of Portland.

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<v Sandra Wood>We had done that for years.

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<v Sandra Wood>Thank you.

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<v Sandra Wood>And then the state did the climate-friendly— so, um, climate— I can't remember the name of their acronym, but there are no parking requirements.

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<v Sandra Wood>Um, one of the testifiers at the Housing and Permitting Committee testified to when you do provide parking, what are the standards that apply.

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<v Sandra Wood>And that's what Miss Radelet testified about at the Housing and Permitting Committee.

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<v Dan Ryan>I think some of it is listening to the testimony, being reminded of spending an hour listening to neighborhood, that block.

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<v Dan Ryan>And I think some of the pushback that we're getting in real time is we make big code changes for big areas, and there are streets that are quite narrow.

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<v Dan Ryan>Portland doesn't have a uniform street width size.

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<v Dan Ryan>Mm-hmm.

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<v Dan Ryan>And so when I listened to them, and I've listened to others on these issues, they usually talk about their concerns for safety.

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<v Dan Ryan>Like, can a fire truck get through?

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<v Dan Ryan>And they have a really legitimate complaint, especially on garbage and waste pickup day.

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<v Dan Ryan>So I hope that that's part of the dialogue that you're having as you think about these issues, because the testimony we heard today is a very common testimony about a concern that many Portlanders are having.

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<v Dan Ryan>They want infill housing.

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<v Dan Ryan>They just think that we have to be— They want to be able to get through.

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<v Dan Ryan>More adaptive block per block at times.

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<v Dan Ryan>Does that make sense?

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<v Dan Ryan>Yeah.

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<v Dan Ryan>And is that a dialogue that you're having?

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<v Sandra Wood>We are having a dialogue in the sense of how can we reduce the number of cans.

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<v Sandra Wood>As you might imagine, a cottage cluster, which is basically like several units on one lot, do they need 5 composting bins, for example, the big green roller bins?

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<v Sandra Wood>So that's part of the space for waste conversation about how we can—.

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<v Dan Ryan>Is fire involved?

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<v Sandra Wood>And we are working with— so that team is working with— on a case-by-case basis, we get questions from not only neighbors but people who are moving into those new developments saying, hey, what's the deal and how can we better work together so that there aren't so many cars in the street?

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<v Dan Ryan>And what about with fire?

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<v Dan Ryan>Are you including—.

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<v Sandra Wood>We are working with fire with the Space for Waste project, yes.

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<v Dan Ryan>Okay.

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<v Dan Ryan>I look forward to hearing more details about how we can maybe have some edits to the code that would be more relevant to the reality of these big developments on some very narrow streets.

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<v Dan Ryan>Yeah.

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<v Dan Ryan>Thanks.

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<v Sandra Wood>Thank you.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you, Councilor Ryan.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Seeing no one else in the queue for technical or clarifying questions, Keelan, can we please move to public testimony?

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<v Keelan McClymont>Yes, thank you.

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<v Keelan McClymont>I'll call up testifiers in groups of 5.

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<v Keelan McClymont>Each individual will have 3 minutes.

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<v Keelan McClymont>For those testifying in person, you'll see the timer countdown displayed on the monitor in front of the testimony table.

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<v Keelan McClymont>For those testifying virtually, the timer is displayed in Zoom.

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<v Keelan McClymont>You will hear the timer sound twice, once when there are 30 seconds left, then a second time when your time is up.

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<v Keelan McClymont>Before you begin your testimony, please state your name for the record.

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<v Keelan McClymont>Our first panel of testifiers includes Serena Ashby, Chandra Robinson, Kevin Volk, Jenna Varner, Bradley Clover.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Keelan, can I just verify?

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<v Jamie Dunphy>We are on item 4?

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<v Jamie Dunphy>I'm looking online and seeing the testimony, those are on testimony item number 5.

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<v Keelan McClymont>You're right.

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<v Keelan McClymont>I'm sorry, that was my mistake.

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<v Keelan McClymont>Let me revise that first panel.

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<v Keelan McClymont>First up, we have Sarah Radley, Kristin Bakaros, Vlad Kovtun, Jessica Trancada.

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<v Sarah Radelet>Good morning, Council.

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<v Sarah Radelet>My name is Sarah Radele.

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<v Sarah Radelet>I'm a land use planner in private practice helping clients develop their properties and particularly involved with infill middle housing projects.

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<v Sarah Radelet>I live in District 3 and work with clients throughout all 4 districts of the city.

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<v Sarah Radelet>Before I begin, I want to acknowledge city staff's good work within a short timeline and the necessity to limit scope to bring code into compliance with state rules.

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<v Sarah Radelet>Last week I testified at the council committee meeting and I'm here today to provide more information specifically about cottage cluster outdoor areas and to request that council not make the common area requirement more challenging to meet than it is today.

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<v Sarah Radelet>I also have provided written testimony which you should have.

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<v Sarah Radelet>Thank you, Councilor Tiffany Koyama Lane.

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<v Sarah Radelet>Cottage cluster projects are multiple smaller homes on a single lot.

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<v Sarah Radelet>The current cottage cluster code sets out a typical minimum of 200 square feet of common area for each unit in a cottage cluster project.

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<v Sarah Radelet>For a 6-unit project, that typically requires 1,200 square feet of common area.

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<v Sarah Radelet>The current minimum required size of each common area is 450 square feet, with the potential of multiple common areas on a single project.

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<v Sarah Radelet>This allows the common areas to be spread throughout the project.

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<v Sarah Radelet>This minimum of 450 square feet is being proposed to increase to a minimum of 750 square feet with this project.

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<v Sarah Radelet>There's no mandate from the state to increase the common area minimum size.

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<v Sarah Radelet>By requiring each common area to be at least 750 square feet, this will likely result in smaller footprints and/or the elimination of units, especially on tighter sites with existing homes being preserved.

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<v Sarah Radelet>For example, a 6-unit project with 2 common areas would be required to provide 2 common areas of at least 750 square feet, totaling 1,500 square feet.

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<v Sarah Radelet>This is 300 square feet over the minimum required 1,200 square feet.

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<v Sarah Radelet>This additional 300 square feet could otherwise be used for an additional unit or larger units.

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<v Sarah Radelet>I request that council keep the existing 450-square-foot minimum instead of increasing increasing it will make smaller sites more difficult to develop with multiple housing units.

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<v Sarah Radelet>Alternatively, if there's a strong desire to increase the minimum common area, then have that apply to only one common area, and any additional common areas could have a minimum square footage of 450 square feet.

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<v Sarah Radelet>Again, this doesn't change the required amount of common area, just the size of each common area.

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<v Sarah Radelet>The requested change doesn't reduce the minimum total required outdoor area.

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<v Sarah Radelet>It just allows more flexibility to have it be met with smaller outdoor areas as the current code provides.

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<v Sarah Radelet>Thank you.

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<v Sarah Radelet>And instead of making the code more onerous and difficult to provide housing, it maintains the current rules.

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<v Sarah Radelet>In my submitted written statement, I've included 2 drafts of code language that could be used.

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<v Sarah Radelet>One is the current code and one is this— one is 750 and the rest are 450 square feet.

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<v Sarah Radelet>Know that if you adopt the proposed minimum 750 square feet area requirement, that results in more challenging regulations than currently and has potential impacts of reducing the size and/or number of units.

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<v Sarah Radelet>I urge you to keep the current minimum of 450 square feet for common areas to allow and facilitate more and larger housing.

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<v Sarah Radelet>Thank you.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you very much.

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<v Keelan McClymont>Jessica.

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<v Jessica Tranquada>Good morning, um, and thank you for the opportunity to testify.

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<v Jessica Tranquada>My name is Jessica Tranquada.

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<v Jessica Tranquada>I'm an architect at Acre Development.

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<v Jessica Tranquada>We specialize in residential infill developments throughout Portland.

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<v Jessica Tranquada>Currently, we have 4 cottage clusters under construction, 7 actively in permit review, and 3 more soon to be submitted to the City of Portland by the end of the year.

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<v Jessica Tranquada>The majority of our cottage cluster projects are between 5 and 10 units.

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<v Jessica Tranquada>Roughly in the, in the mid-range of a cottage cluster.

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<v Jessica Tranquada>I would like to support Sarah's testimony and oppose the proposed change to the cottage cluster code, which would increase the absolute minimum size for a common outdoor area from 450 square feet to 750 square feet.

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<v Jessica Tranquada>Due to the size of a required common area on a typical site, It is one of the governing factors when considering the feasibility of a project.

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<v Jessica Tranquada>We believe that increasing the minimum area for any individual common area will significantly limit the flexibility needed to make many of our small infill projects work.

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<v Jessica Tranquada>Although the proposed amendments retain the allowance for a common outdoor area to be subdivided into multiple areas that could be distributed across the site, Increasing the, the minimum size of each of these areas would make that option impractical for many of the small to medium-sized developments that we specialize in.

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<v Jessica Tranquada>2 common areas under this new scheme would require 1,500 square foot minimum, equivalent to the total common area required for a 10 cottage development.

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<v Jessica Tranquada>So basically any project with fewer than 10 units Thank you.

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<v Jessica Tranquada>So the proposed amendments wouldn't have the option of splitting up the common area if desired, because that would actually lead to providing more common area than what would be required otherwise.

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<v Jessica Tranquada>Secondly, we would like to request clear language explaining how this revised minimum will interact with the mandatory adjustments under Senate Bill 1537.

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<v Jessica Tranquada>For example, the 750-square-foot minimum is based on a 5-unit cottage cluster at 150 square feet per unit.

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<v Jessica Tranquada>The Senate bill permits up to a 25% reduction in the minimum common area, which would reduce it to 563 square feet.

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<v Jessica Tranquada>We don't quite understand if a qualifying project would still be eligible for that reduction under the proposed code amendments if the minimum required area is 750 square feet.

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<v Jessica Tranquada>Thank you.

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<v Jessica Tranquada>So potentially it would prevent a 5 or 6 unit project from taking advantage of the mandatory adjustment that is available to larger projects.

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<v Jessica Tranquada>We ask that the city reconsider the fixed minimum and retain the original 450 square feet to preserve the flexibility for smaller developments and to not unduly disadvantage those developments from the opportunity to develop the common outdoor area.

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<v Unidentified speaker>Thank you.

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<v Unidentified speaker>Thank you very much.

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<v Unidentified speaker>Vlad.

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<v Vlad Koktun>Good morning.

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<v Vlad Koktun>My name is Vlad Koktun.

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<v Vlad Koktun>I am one of the partners over at Acre Development.

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<v Vlad Koktun>I want to—.

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<v Vlad Koktun>Pardon me, this is— I'm a bit nervous.

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<v Vlad Koktun>This is my first time addressing you folks.

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<v Vlad Koktun>But one of the partners at Acre Developments, we were one of the first folks out of the ground with the newly adopted cottage cluster code over in North Portland.

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<v Vlad Koktun>In fact, some of our products have actually been featured on some of your literature.

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<v Vlad Koktun>We will be constructing approximately about 180 units this year, all within that affordable, attainable price point.

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<v Vlad Koktun>And Jessica is a valued member of our team.

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<v Vlad Koktun>We work hand in hand with Sarah.

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<v Vlad Koktun>And I just want to essentially second the the need to maintain the 450-square-foot minimum for outdoor area.

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<v Vlad Koktun>I'm kind of on the front line of acquisitions and sales.

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<v Vlad Koktun>Right.

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<v Vlad Koktun>So I work directly hand in hand with different agents, realtors.

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<v Vlad Koktun>We review different properties for feasibility and viability, and this will ultimately result in us having to essentially pass on a lot of properties that would make this much more challenging to add additional much-needed housing, affordable housing.

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<v Vlad Koktun>We also, one of the things, and I think this is the most important thing, is we listen to our buyers, the folks that actually, you know, once it's concluded, once we put the jigsaw puzzle together of the development, you go through the permitting, you go through the construction aspect of it, only to hear feedback from the potential buyers that will Okay.

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<v Vlad Koktun>Who occupy these spaces.

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<v Vlad Koktun>And majority of these folks, by increasing common area, we have to do one of two things, right?

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<v Vlad Koktun>We either shrink the unit sizes themselves, what makes them much tighter, much, much more smaller bedroom sizes, oftentimes reducing bedroom sizes and/or quantities.

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<v Vlad Koktun>Furthermore, to limit any form of private backyard space.

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<v Vlad Koktun>Now, if we have— if we cannot— we can't offer garages, if we can't— if we have very, very minimal backyard spaces, Because we're making way for common areas.

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<v Vlad Koktun>Folks have very limited areas to store things, store bicycles, kayaks, you know, very much things that folks use all the time here in the Northwest.

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<v Vlad Koktun>So my thought on this as well is to see if we can keep the 450 minimum, specifically if it's not a complete requirement.

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<v Vlad Koktun>Yeah, I really appreciate your time.

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<v Vlad Koktun>Thank you very much.

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<v Dan Ryan>Thank you.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you.

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<v Keelan McClymont>Thank you for being here.

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<v Kristin Bakaros>Hi there.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Good morning.

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<v Kristin Bakaros>My name is Kristin Bakaros.

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<v Kristin Bakaros>This is all way above my pay grade.

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<v Kristin Bakaros>I do have some advice for you, though.

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<v Kristin Bakaros>As a developer of Garden Court Apartments—.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Could you speak into the microphone right there?

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<v Kristin Bakaros>As a developer of Garden Court Apartments 10 years ago, you have a huge resource to answer both those questions that you have about what people actually want in terms of community space and garbage.

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<v Kristin Bakaros>Maintenance.

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<v Kristin Bakaros>Just by going to these garden court apartments, which are all over Portland and date back to the 1920s and the 1930s, these people and the people who own these complexes can answer a lot of those— what do we do with waste management, how do we manage it in a way that keeps people happy, stress-free, and a community a little bit more livable.

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<v Kristin Bakaros>What I came to talk about though is math.

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<v Kristin Bakaros>I'm really perplexed at the idea of affordable housing, given that yesterday multifamily released a median sale price of units at $195,000.

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<v Kristin Bakaros>And median means like half above and half below, I'm thinking.

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<v Kristin Bakaros>And development for low-income housing units in Portland are at $778,000.

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<v Kristin Bakaros>I understand that's a high figure, but that is one development project that registered that.

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<v Kristin Bakaros>What's affordable about that?

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<v Kristin Bakaros>And specifically the MULTE credit, that's kicking out a whole bunch of money from your coffers, you know, and I'd like to look at that figure and I can't get it.

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<v Kristin Bakaros>I can get it up to 2017, but not from 2017 inclusionary housing on.

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<v Kristin Bakaros>How many developments are using MULTE?

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<v Kristin Bakaros>I'm so bad with acronyms.

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<v Unidentified speaker>We call it multi-unit tax-exempt.

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<v Kristin Bakaros>Multi, right?

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<v Kristin Bakaros>Multis.

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<v Kristin Bakaros>And what is that costing you?

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<v Kristin Bakaros>I know what my property taxes are.

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<v Kristin Bakaros>I know what the inclusionary housing with the $100,000 a unit exemption, which was extended from its 10 years to an additional 5 years on appeal— that's 15 years of property taxes that you're not getting from multiple units.

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<v Kristin Bakaros>And given that median 2 apartment, 2-bedroom apartment right now is $1,700, and low income is also $1,700.

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<v Kristin Bakaros>So those 2 inclusionary apartments that are in these MULTE developments that are getting these huge tax breaks.

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<v Kristin Bakaros>And additionally, I understand that you're going to be using a bunch of really interesting financial mechanisms to do a lot of your affordable housing.

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<v Kristin Bakaros>For example, that tax equity credit, which if you look at the numbers that that's kicking out of the federal coffers right now, it's $33 $30 billion as of this year.

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<v Kristin Bakaros>These are big numbers.

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<v Kristin Bakaros>How do you— how is that not going to cost in the long run?

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<v Kristin Bakaros>Affordable housing, given what I know about property taxes, what I know about waste management, what I know about water and sewer fees, what is affordable housing and who does it actually profit?

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<v Kristin Bakaros>I'm not seeing any project-based vouchers being distributed in these new projects.

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<v Kristin Bakaros>It seems to be not heard of.

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<v Kristin Bakaros>And actually also calling Home Forward yesterday, I noticed there's a 6-year wait on Section 8 housing.

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<v Kristin Bakaros>6-Year wait.

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<v Kristin Bakaros>That's not affordable housing.

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<v Kristin Bakaros>Thank you for your time.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you very much.

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<v Unidentified speaker>Good morning.

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<v Lakota Towle>Good morning, Council President, members of the council.

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<v Lakota Towle>For the record, my name is Lakota Towle.

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<v Lakota Towle>I'm here representing working-class construction professionals across Oregon who depend on responsible development, predictable permitting, and the opportunity to earn a living building the communities we call home.

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<v Lakota Towle>I recognize that Ordinance 2026-345 responds to 5 bills adopted by the Oregon Legislature in 2025 and 2026.

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<v Lakota Towle>Portland has a legal obligation to bring its zoning code into compliance, and I'm not asking this council to disregard those requirements We support removing unnecessary barriers that delay responsible development.

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<v Lakota Towle>Housing must be built, investments must move forward, and working families need access to the jobs those projects create.

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<v Lakota Towle>But compliance with state law and accountability to the public are not competing responsibilities.

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<v Lakota Towle>My request is straightforward: implement what the law requires, preserve what the law permits, and make the process transparent enough for the public to understand what has changed?

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<v Lakota Towle>Where state law limits public hearings, notices, or appeal procedures, I'm not asking Portland to recreate those restrictions through another process.

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<v Lakota Towle>I'm asking the city to maintain accessible public records, clearly document how development decisions are made, consistently enforce applicable development standards, and explain what lawful protections remain available.

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<v Lakota Towle>Councilmember These are important distinctions.

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<v Lakota Towle>A faster permit process should not mean an untraceable decision.

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<v Lakota Towle>A reduced hearing requirement should not mean the public cannot understand how its government operates.

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<v Lakota Towle>And a fewer procedural steps should not mean less responsibility for applying the law correctly.

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<v Lakota Towle>The legislature changed certain approval procedures.

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<v Lakota Towle>That does not eliminate the city's responsibility to administer those procedures lawfully, consistently, I respectfully request 3 commitments from you guys.

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<v Lakota Towle>First, publish a clear explanation connecting each amendment to the state law requiring it, including in any implementation choices made by the city.

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<v Lakota Towle>Second, maintain public access to existing development records and decisions to the extent required or permitted by law without creating new procedural barriers or delaying statutory review timelines.

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<v Lakota Towle>Councilmember And third, use existing administrative data to evaluate whether these changes reduce processing delays and support housing production, and make those findings publicly accessible without adding requirements to individual permit applications.

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<v Lakota Towle>These requests are intended to support implementation, not obstruct it.

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<v Lakota Towle>Working families cannot afford unnecessary construction delays.

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<v Lakota Towle>Communities also deserve confidence that government decisions are made We do not need to choose between faster development and responsible government.

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<v Lakota Towle>State law establishes the framework.

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<v Lakota Towle>Portland remains responsible for implementing it correctly.

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<v Lakota Towle>Thank you for your consideration.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you very much.

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<v Keelan McClymont>That completes testimony.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Okay, um, colleagues, we're now into council discussion.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>I personally would love it if our folks from DPS could come back up because I have some questions based on the testimony.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you, friends.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>I'm going to ask my questions first, just sort of broadly.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Specifically, you know, there were some very specific things that were mentioned here by testimony about where we are going above and beyond the minimum of updating.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Is that— am I missing something?

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Is there— is this accurate?

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Are these things that have been that we are going above and beyond the basics here, or can you tell me more about from your perspective?

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<v Keelan McClymont>Sure.

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<v Sandra Wood>Again, for the record, my name is Sandra Wood with the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability.

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<v Sandra Wood>When we were scoping this project— well, let me just start.

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<v Sandra Wood>The state was very active in the land use arena, um, in the last couple of years, and there have been many bills.

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<v Sandra Wood>When we were scoping this project and deciding whether we were doing a broader look at middle housing, we realized that they had actually more more bills and more rulemaking coming.

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<v Sandra Wood>And as a matter of fact, it's happening right now too.

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<v Sandra Wood>So we had some deadlines to meet, and our deadline is January 1st of next year.

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<v Sandra Wood>We decided to do this project named State Land Use Compliance Project, and our scope and our view was to keep it confined to what the state required with these bills to be effective.

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<v Sandra Wood>Some of them are already effective in, in the state, and some will be effective on January 1st, and we've outlined that in our report.

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<v Sandra Wood>Um, the notion that perhaps that we went too far with the common outdoor area, um, I think is the main one that people are discussing.

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<v Sandra Wood>Um, so the state requires that cottage clusters, they get out of a lot of regular development standards and have their own set of development standards.

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<v Sandra Wood>And the state wording on that is that the cottage clusters include a common courtyard.

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<v Sandra Wood>Okay.

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<v Sandra Wood>We translated that to be a common outdoor area because we already have common outdoor areas in multi-dwelling zones.

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<v Sandra Wood>Cottage clusters aren't required to have individual outdoor areas for each of the residents.

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<v Sandra Wood>They're only required to have this common outdoor area.

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<v Sandra Wood>With this proposal, the requirement— so the definition of cottage cluster changed.

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<v Sandra Wood>It currently is that 3 units on a lot is a cottage cluster.

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<v Sandra Wood>We're proposing that 5 units on a lot be a cottage cluster.

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<v Sandra Wood>With 3 units on a lot and each of those units having 150 square feet of outdoor area, that meant that the outdoor area would be 450 square feet.

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<v Sandra Wood>Increasing the minimum to 5 units being a cottage cluster by changing the definition meant that 5 times 150 which is required by the state, is $150, increased it to $750.

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<v Sandra Wood>So we don't feel like we were going further, we were just translating the number and doing, doing the math.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Okay, thank you.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Councilor Green.

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<v Mitch Green>Uh, thank you, Council President.

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<v Mitch Green>I just wanted to kind of uplift a little bit of the discussion that we had in committee, and I know that Councilor Pirtle-Guiney probably also wants to say some of the same thing, but, um, one of the things that we had a robust conversation around this.

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<v Mitch Green>I think we heard from some developers, we heard some folks in the community who have strong opinions about this.

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<v Mitch Green>And where we landed was we recognized that we're on a deadline to meet this, to conform to state law, but that there was some appetite to maybe tune this up with a later process so we can have more public conversation.

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<v Mitch Green>We can iterate in a more thoughtful way.

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<v Mitch Green>Thank you.

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<v Mitch Green>And so that way we don't shoot ourselves in the foot on making it harder to build.

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<v Mitch Green>I think that there's a way to land this in a way that satisfies multiple interests.

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<v Mitch Green>And so I think— did you want to offer any remarks on that?

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<v Mitch Green>Then we're going out of order, but—.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>No, Councilor Pirtle-Guiney is next.

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<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Thank you, Council President and Councilor Green.

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<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>I had also jumped in the queue to share a little bit about what we had talked about in committee, colleagues.

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<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>And in committee, there was some conversation about the benefits of the 750-square-foot minimum and the, the reason for it.

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<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>But there was also conversation— I had expressed an interest, I think Councilor Green, you may have as well— in having our bureau look at whether it made sense to require that 700-square-foot minimum for a first common area, but if it were a larger development, to allow secondary common areas to be that current smaller size of 450 square feet, trying to both ensure that the formula works that the Bureau has now, and that frankly folks in a larger cottage cluster environment do have that larger common area that allows for more types of gatherings, but ensure that we don't run into the concern that a few testifiers brought up today that That if you have 700 to 750 square foot common areas, you're starting to really eat into other space.

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<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>I believe what we heard in committee was that the Bureau was happy to take the time to look at that moving forward, and that in the next round of changes that come to council, you would put some thought and discussion into that so that we might see changes to this in the future, including the idea that a primary common area still hold this 750-square-foot requirement, but that secondary common areas could be smaller.

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<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Does that reflect your memory of our conversation in committee as well?

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<v Sandra Wood>Yes, yes, it does.

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<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Okay, and was there, were there specifics about a timeline for the next changes that we'll be seeing at council when you would be looking at that that we should make sure to share with folks today?

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<v Sandra Wood>We are actively working on that project and we'll probably be, we haven't decided discussed it with the public yet.

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<v Sandra Wood>I imagine we'd be at council in 15 months or so.

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<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Okay, so colleagues, I think part of what gave me assurance in moving this forward was that there would be an opportunity a little over a year from now to see if we needed to make some changes to this, including looking at those secondary common areas, and that moving forward today would allow us to keep that formula that we keep these updates to ensure we're in line with state, state requirements moving forward, but not get too far down the road before we can address some of these concerns.

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<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>And I just wanted to make sure to share that with everybody.

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<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Thank you, Council President.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you, Councilor Pirtle-Guiney.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Councilor Zimmerman.

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<v Eric Zimmerman>Thanks.

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<v Eric Zimmerman>I have some similar questions along the lines of, you know, when this is phrased as coming into compliance, but that seems like there's a lot of of meat to that right now, which seems unusual.

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<v Eric Zimmerman>So I am very curious what the nature of the questions and discussions was at the Planning Commission.

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<v Unidentified speaker>Nature of— they also received limited testimony.

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<v Unidentified speaker>Um, Miss Rattley testified there also.

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<v Unidentified speaker>Um, There was support for a different project that somebody testified on.

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<v Unidentified speaker>The commission— I think many commission members have been along with staff on our evolving regulations about residential infill.

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<v Unidentified speaker>Several of the commissioners were on the Planning and Sustainability Commission when that occurred.

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<v Unidentified speaker>We've done Residential Infill 1, we've done Residential Infill 2, we've done a land division code project, we've done housing regulatory So I think the conversation at council was, I mean, at Planning Commission was we're now in the business of understanding state bills and how to translate that into our zoning code.

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<v Unidentified speaker>So there wasn't that much discussion about these state bills in particular.

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<v Eric Zimmerman>Can you estimate for how long they spent on this item?

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<v Unidentified speaker>How long?

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<v Unidentified speaker>We went and did a briefing and hearing in one meeting, and they made the recommendation that very day.

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<v Eric Zimmerman>Is that like 10 minutes, an hour, 2 hours?

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<v Unidentified speaker>Probably an hour.

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<v Sandra Wood>Probably an hour.

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<v Eric Zimmerman>Um, yeah, the reason I'm asking that question is I generally would look to a planning commission for some input here, and, and given some recent stuff I'm, I'm seeing that some things get their attention and others are kind of passed through.

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<v Eric Zimmerman>And so I'm growing concerned that maybe we don't have that check there.

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<v Eric Zimmerman>So that's where the nature of my questions are kind of coming from.

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<v Eric Zimmerman>Um, in terms of—.

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<v Unidentified speaker>May I just respond to that also?

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<v Unidentified speaker>Um, in your packet is the letter from the Planning Commission chair, and—.

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<v Sandra Wood>Oh, hi.

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<v Keelan McClymont>Hello.

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<v Unidentified speaker>And we have Erica Thompson here.

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<v Unidentified speaker>I was going to say we have Erica Thompson as a planning commissioner, um, who presented at the Housing and Permitting Committee on what the deliberations were from the Planning Commission.

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<v Sandra Wood>If you would like to hear—.

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<v Eric Zimmerman>What was the discussion at Planning Commission?

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<v Erica Thompson>How did you guys tackle Yeah, I mean, I've, just for context, I started on the Planning and Sustainability Commission in 2021.

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<v Erica Thompson>I've been on the Planning Commission since its inception a few years ago, and I've borne witness to this changing state trend, which is to be really active in the land use space.

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<v Erica Thompson>There have been a number of state compliance projects that have come forth to the Planning Commission.

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<v Erica Thompson>And as Sandra described, they come with a pretty tight timeline.

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<v Erica Thompson>It is a compliance-oriented project, and we really tried to keep our focus on that.

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<v Erica Thompson>We had, I wanna say, maybe fewer than 10 total testifiers and pieces of written testimony.

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<v Erica Thompson>Some of the testimony was around the themes that you've heard already with the outdoor area, Maybe one or two.

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<v Erica Thompson>Also, there are people that show up and express their interest in bigger moves that the city could make, perhaps sometimes adjacent to or not even entirely related to what's before us.

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<v Erica Thompson>And so that was some of the testimony as well.

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<v Erica Thompson>And we highlighted in our letter some of the themes around aging in place and accessibility that we thought were worth emphasizing.

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<v Erica Thompson>But at the end of the day, I mean, we—.

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<v Erica Thompson>Councilor Herbold.

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<v Erica Thompson>Staff, they work so hard and there's a lot that comes at them from all angles.

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<v Erica Thompson>And so when Planning Commission hears one of these state land use compliance projects, we really try to navigate that line of, is this something that we're hearing a ton of testimony about and it bubbles to the surface and we really feel like now is the time to address it?

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<v Erica Thompson>And we push staff in those instances.

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<v Erica Thompson>And in other cases where there might be a couple of voices and they might be raising valid points, but for any number of reasons, there's complexity there that may be better served by a larger, more comprehensive look like Residential Infill Project Version 3 or something that I think exists on the horizon.

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<v Erica Thompson>And that latter scenario is where we were at with this most recent project.

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<v Eric Zimmerman>Thank you.

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<v Eric Zimmerman>You both have described somewhat of the testimony.

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<v Eric Zimmerman>What I'm really trying to get a sense of is what are commissioners discussing?

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<v Eric Zimmerman>What kind of questions and in-depth— how, how is this compliance versus going further than compliance?

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<v Eric Zimmerman>And what, what is the Planning Commission doing to ensure that they're not just a rubber stamp for a, for a staff project?

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01:09:31.707 --> 01:09:40.011
<v Eric Zimmerman>That's what I'm trying to get a sense of since they have worked so much on this, because there are some aspects to this that the testimony is somewhat surprising.

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01:09:40.765 --> 01:09:43.842
<v Eric Zimmerman>And so some aspects I'm trying to understand with respect to this.

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01:09:44.934 --> 01:09:51.935
<v Eric Zimmerman>Because when I get a, this is just to get in compliance memo, I kind of expect some basics, and that's not— we're not bumping up against those basics right now.

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<v Eric Zimmerman>So that's where this is coming from.

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01:09:53.926 --> 01:10:04.234
<v Eric Zimmerman>And I, I'm still— I'm not getting a sense of what did commissioners ask, how far did they go into understanding coming in compliance with 2138 and the others that are listed here.

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<v Eric Zimmerman>To the staff then, I, I guess what options exist for the city when it comes to this action and getting into compliance with a state law, which of course I'm in favor of, but also ensuring that we stick to the letter of that compliance?

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01:10:30.536 --> 01:10:31.789
<v Eric Zimmerman>What options exist here?

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<v Unidentified speaker>Um, House Bill 2138 is probably the bulkiest of these requirements, if that's— I mean, there are several, there are several laws, right, that we were trying to comply with.

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<v Unidentified speaker>House Bill 2138 really changed the definition of what middle housing was, and in particular, I think it was changing it in a way that didn't make sense to most people.

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<v Unidentified speaker>So for example, I think we can all understand that a triplex A triplex is 3 units in one building.

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01:11:06.546 --> 01:11:08.988
<v Unidentified speaker>A fourplex is 4 units in one building.

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01:11:09.759 --> 01:11:14.319
<v Unidentified speaker>2138 said we're not going to define it that way anymore at the state level.

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01:11:14.801 --> 01:11:23.796
<v Unidentified speaker>3 Units that are detached from one another on a lot, 3 separate cottages or units, that's going to be called a triplex now also.

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01:11:24.358 --> 01:11:30.636
<v Unidentified speaker>And 4 units on a lot is also going to be called a fourplex, even if they're detached.

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01:11:31.390 --> 01:11:35.876
<v Unidentified speaker>They also said 5 or 6 on a lot is also going to be called a fourplex.

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01:11:37.827 --> 01:11:41.038
<v Unidentified speaker>We were like spinning, like, what does this mean?

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01:11:41.378 --> 01:11:42.805
<v Sandra Wood>How would we translate this?

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01:11:43.097 --> 01:11:44.509
<v Unidentified speaker>This doesn't make sense to us.

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01:11:44.979 --> 01:12:01.386
<v Unidentified speaker>So for example, in that case, we said, okay, we can understand that 4 units on a lot is now a fourplex even though they're not attached, and maybe we can educate the public, and I'll understand and use that vernacular now.

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01:12:02.476 --> 01:12:09.210
<v Unidentified speaker>When it's more units though, in our world, why don't we call that— is it multi-dwelling development?

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01:12:09.354 --> 01:12:10.621
<v Unidentified speaker>Multi-dwelling development.

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01:12:11.134 --> 01:12:21.922
<v Unidentified speaker>And so that way we can have that basis of a definition and then use those definitions to decide what the development standards are that apply to each of these things.

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<v Unidentified speaker>So that's an example of how we were trying to translate the rules or the words that the state is now using into a system where we can not only in the zoning code regulate that way, but when we're talking to our bureau partners and how they're regulating and how they're applying SDCs, etc., we can still have definitions that we all understand.

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<v Unidentified speaker>That's one example.

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01:12:49.252 --> 01:12:53.185
<v Unidentified speaker>But that— most of that conversation happened at the staff level.

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01:12:53.569 --> 01:12:53.890
<v Sandra Wood>And we—.

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01:12:54.228 --> 01:12:59.007
<v Unidentified speaker>And that's what the proposal number 1 is, is to allow different configurations.

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01:12:59.216 --> 01:13:00.885
<v Sandra Wood>It's not to redefine.

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01:13:01.365 --> 01:13:04.350
<v Unidentified speaker>Yeah, allow different configurations of attached and detached.

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01:13:05.072 --> 01:13:11.600
<v Unidentified speaker>Same as cottage clusters, we had been hearing, and the state heard the same thing, and this is, I think, a good thing for cottage clusters.

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01:13:11.697 --> 01:13:13.685
<v Unidentified speaker>They used to be all detached.

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01:13:14.824 --> 01:13:20.011
<v Unidentified speaker>The development community said, why can't we do some of them attached, have duplexes and Single.

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01:13:20.157 --> 01:13:21.324
<v Unidentified speaker>The state passed that rule.

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01:13:21.715 --> 01:13:23.207
<v Unidentified speaker>We are adopting that.

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<v Eric Zimmerman>Those all sound good, right?

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01:13:26.786 --> 01:13:37.467
<v Eric Zimmerman>Any of us who are, who, you know, I had high hopes for the residential infill program when it came through in '21 and then watched basically just developers be able to take advantage of it for many years.

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01:13:37.515 --> 01:13:39.327
<v Eric Zimmerman>And I think we're finally making some progress in that.

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01:13:40.006 --> 01:13:42.545
<v Eric Zimmerman>So high hopes and shared alignment.

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01:13:43.095 --> 01:13:52.371
<v Eric Zimmerman>It seems odd to have testimony and concern coming from people who are building these projects about, does this rush through something?

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01:13:52.467 --> 01:13:58.934
<v Eric Zimmerman>Does it mean we can't actually put the, um, you know, I don't know if it's construction standards or if there's something else.

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01:13:58.981 --> 01:14:08.095
<v Eric Zimmerman>There seems to be an undercurrent with this, and I'm trying to get at the heart of that because it doesn't seem like it's related to middle housing.

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01:14:08.448 --> 01:14:11.626
<v Eric Zimmerman>It seems— and to our infill objectives.

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01:14:11.722 --> 01:14:34.466
<v Eric Zimmerman>I believe that that part I'm trying to understand the undercurrent, and I'm hoping maybe I'm going to retire my question because I'm hoping to see where the conversation goes, because perhaps I don't have the vocabulary to get to what is the undercurrent and why is this set of compliance laws causing heartburn.

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01:14:34.661 --> 01:14:36.310
<v Eric Zimmerman>Usually compliance laws don't.

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01:14:36.376 --> 01:14:37.719
<v Eric Zimmerman>And so when they do, I have—.

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01:14:37.735 --> 01:14:38.011
<v Eric Zimmerman>It's a bit of a—.

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01:14:38.011 --> 01:14:38.529
<v Eric Zimmerman>I think that's a fair point.

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01:14:39.059 --> 01:14:40.077
<v Eric Zimmerman>Let's pause for a moment.

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01:14:40.126 --> 01:14:46.511
<v Eric Zimmerman>That's why I wanted to see how much did our Planning Commission actually get into this, or was it just a, okay, got it, stamp, next?

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01:14:47.060 --> 01:14:48.966
<v Eric Zimmerman>So that's what I haven't been able to suss out yet.

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01:14:49.015 --> 01:14:53.016
<v Eric Zimmerman>So I'm going to retire my comments, Council President, and listen to the rest of the conversation.

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<v Eric Zimmerman>Thank you.

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01:14:53.694 --> 01:14:54.469
<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you, Councilor Zimmerman.

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01:14:54.807 --> 01:14:55.404
<v Jamie Dunphy>Vice President Clark.

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<v Olivia Clark>Thank you, Councilor President.

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<v Olivia Clark>It's just as a layperson and who is not on the committee, And who knows that there are cottage clusters all over Portland, as somebody said earlier, from the 1920s on.

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01:15:14.069 --> 01:15:16.139
<v Olivia Clark>This just seems like so much over-engineering.

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01:15:16.893 --> 01:15:25.908
<v Olivia Clark>And I, I have great sympathy for you trying to translate what happened at the state level and make sense of it for us.

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01:15:26.904 --> 01:15:33.893
<v Olivia Clark>Um, but, you know, when you look at the 1920s clusters clusters and 1950s clusters.

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01:15:34.006 --> 01:15:36.746
<v Olivia Clark>I mean, we lived with that for a long time.

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01:15:36.826 --> 01:15:40.064
<v Olivia Clark>I don't understand why— what we're trying to improve here.

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01:15:41.787 --> 01:15:42.752
<v Olivia Clark>They still work.

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01:15:43.493 --> 01:15:45.570
<v Olivia Clark>It just seems like over-engineering to me.

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01:15:45.667 --> 01:15:47.775
<v Olivia Clark>And I don't blame you for that.

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01:15:47.840 --> 01:15:49.546
<v Olivia Clark>It seems like that's coming from the state.

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01:15:49.595 --> 01:15:59.546
<v Olivia Clark>But if anything, we should be trying to simplify our codes, simplify everything so that we can incent more infill, more development, more affordable housing.

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01:15:59.613 --> 01:15:59.996
<v Olivia Clark>Councilor Loretta Smith.

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<v Olivia Clark>And I, I thought that the testimony from the developers of Cottage Clusters was very compelling.

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01:16:08.145 --> 01:16:12.511
<v Olivia Clark>I don't know why we have to wait for more information.

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01:16:12.623 --> 01:16:16.266
<v Olivia Clark>I, I thought that, um, it was very compelling to me.

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01:16:16.877 --> 01:16:29.481
<v Olivia Clark>And I don't, I don't have the full context of your conversation in committee, but I just think we're, we're getting in our own way, um, here, that we should be doing anything we can to simplify and not make things more complicated.

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01:16:29.563 --> 01:16:35.256
<v Olivia Clark>And I understand you were given something— given laws that are really complicating things.

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01:16:37.430 --> 01:16:37.945
<v Olivia Clark>Yeah.

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01:16:38.091 --> 01:16:39.252
<v Olivia Clark>I just— I don't know.

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01:16:39.462 --> 01:16:40.945
<v Olivia Clark>I just want to make that statement.

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01:16:41.011 --> 01:16:45.011
<v Olivia Clark>But is there anything else we could do to simplify what we've been handed?

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01:16:45.689 --> 01:16:53.963
<v Olivia Clark>I don't know that I agree with the 750 based on everything that we've been living with in clusters and this community since the '20s.

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01:16:54.670 --> 01:16:56.244
<v Olivia Clark>I don't know how we're improving on anything.

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01:16:56.903 --> 01:16:59.635
<v Sandra Wood>There's, there's 2 things I can respond to on that.

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01:17:00.115 --> 01:17:12.229
<v Sandra Wood>Um, if, if the council would like to propose an amendment, we did write amendment language up in case that you wanted to go in that direction based on the Housing and Permitting Committee's conversation.

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01:17:13.048 --> 01:17:21.625
<v Sandra Wood>The other is that we all think of the old garden apartments that we see everywhere Most of those don't have parking.

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01:17:22.555 --> 01:17:37.649
<v Sandra Wood>So the outdoor common area is kind of a given because they're all oriented towards a common courtyard, as the state describes, a common courtyard with 150 square feet of common area per unit.

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01:17:39.045 --> 01:17:43.761
<v Sandra Wood>We looked at, I don't know, 5 of these after the committee hearing.

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01:17:44.274 --> 01:17:50.707
<v Sandra Wood>We pulled up some cottage clusters, and it's not hard to meet the 750 square feet when you don't have vehicle area.

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01:17:50.755 --> 01:17:50.947
<v Sandra Wood>Thank you.

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01:17:51.060 --> 01:18:03.506
<v Sandra Wood>Yeah, when you have vehicle area and you have a long driveway going in and it kind of looks like a subdivision, that's when the common area becomes more challenging for the developers to provide.

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01:18:04.405 --> 01:18:12.789
<v Sandra Wood>Um, so, um, we would be amenable to an amendment, but there's like 2 different things to have in mind.

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01:18:12.935 --> 01:18:21.654
<v Sandra Wood>Is if there's no vehicle area, then the $750 square feet is probably not a problem at So are we requiring parking for— You're not requiring parking.

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01:18:21.845 --> 01:18:25.506
<v Sandra Wood>It's the applicants who are proposing to put parking in.

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01:18:26.020 --> 01:18:26.614
<v Olivia Clark>Oh, interesting.

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01:18:26.726 --> 01:18:32.891
<v Sandra Wood>And so when parking is provided and a driveway is provided, that takes up a considerable amount of space.

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01:18:33.630 --> 01:18:38.413
<v Sandra Wood>That's based on our looking at 5 of these, not looking at more.

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01:18:38.639 --> 01:18:48.337
<v Sandra Wood>So that's if we wanted to do it in a subsequent project, we could look at more examples and have a conversation with community and developers about that.

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01:18:49.783 --> 01:18:57.170
<v Sandra Wood>But if you would like to proceed with an amendment today, I have some slides that I could walk you through, but I don't know which direction that—.

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01:18:57.170 --> 01:19:03.449
<v Olivia Clark>Well, I, I would, um, I don't have a proposal, but I, and I appreciate you have amendments.

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01:19:03.497 --> 01:19:05.247
<v Olivia Clark>I would really defer to the committee.

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01:19:06.228 --> 01:19:08.492
<v Olivia Clark>Um, I think it's Civic Life, is that right?

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01:19:08.653 --> 01:19:09.664
<v Jamie Dunphy>It was Housing and Permitting.

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01:19:09.777 --> 01:19:10.885
<v Olivia Clark>Oh, it was Housing and— oh, okay.

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01:19:11.199 --> 01:19:18.216
<v Olivia Clark>Okay, um, I'd like to hear from more from the committee members, I guess, on that.

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01:19:18.457 --> 01:19:31.457
<v Olivia Clark>I mean, I, I, I, I'm happy with trying to simplify with an amendment that would address the issues that were brought before us today, but I, I'm happy to hear more from the committee, Housing Committee members.

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01:19:32.868 --> 01:19:33.855
<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you, Vice President Clark.

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01:19:34.390 --> 01:19:40.514
<v Jamie Dunphy>Going to Councilor Ryan, then Pirtle-Guiney, and Thank you, Council President.

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01:19:40.979 --> 01:19:43.421
<v Dan Ryan>Uh, I really appreciate the dialogue we're having.

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01:19:43.484 --> 01:19:50.101
<v Dan Ryan>I think not being on the committee, I'm just trying to grasp this, and I realize the committee did talk about this.

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01:19:50.375 --> 01:19:54.453
<v Dan Ryan>Um, Councilor Green pointed to that, and you had a robust conversation.

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01:19:55.193 --> 01:20:06.707
<v Dan Ryan>Um, this is a really big issue with our constituents all over the city, and I think because it has evolved— when you mentioned the parking parking lots within the court— what used to be the courtyard.

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01:20:06.788 --> 01:20:09.487
<v Dan Ryan>Now they, um, they have parking there.

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01:20:09.761 --> 01:20:12.538
<v Dan Ryan>And then you've noticed with your own eyes that where's the common area?

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01:20:12.940 --> 01:20:15.382
<v Dan Ryan>So people are chatting about this.

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01:20:15.655 --> 01:20:19.994
<v Dan Ryan>I think there's a lot of Portlanders, vast majority, that want infill to work.

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01:20:20.461 --> 01:20:22.797
<v Dan Ryan>They want more density in housing.

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01:20:24.662 --> 01:20:28.828
<v Dan Ryan>We want simplification, to Councilor Clark's point of view.

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01:20:28.876 --> 01:20:29.006
<v Dan Ryan>Thank you.

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01:20:29.460 --> 01:20:31.202
<v Dan Ryan>But it's complicated.

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01:20:31.654 --> 01:20:37.606
<v Dan Ryan>And so I think that, um, my first question is actually how many people testified at the committee meeting?

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01:20:40.573 --> 01:20:41.945
<v Dan Ryan>Can someone from the committee let me know?

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01:20:43.301 --> 01:20:44.448
<v Dan Ryan>Maybe that was in the report.

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01:20:44.689 --> 01:20:45.125
<v Sandra Wood>About 4.

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01:20:45.673 --> 01:20:48.192
<v Unidentified speaker>Okay, right.

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01:20:49.193 --> 01:21:01.458
<v Dan Ryan>And one complaint I keep hearing is that they want— could you summarize the nature of the updates to the code around the land division giving notice and hearings for middle housing and infill housing.

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01:21:02.073 --> 01:21:03.962
<v Dan Ryan>Is there communication out there about this?

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01:21:06.039 --> 01:21:07.180
<v Unidentified speaker>Sorry, can you repeat your question?

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01:21:07.376 --> 01:21:16.452
<v Dan Ryan>So could you summarize the nature of the updates to code around the— around land division, giving notice and hearings for middle housing or infill housing?

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01:21:16.645 --> 01:21:17.744
<v Dan Ryan>Did all of those go out?

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01:21:18.149 --> 01:21:32.087
<v Dan Ryan>Because I think what I'm trying to get at is the amount of people I hear from on this issue high outpaces the amount of engagement that we're experiencing with what I think a lot of us thought would be perhaps a simple truing up with compliance.

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01:21:32.152 --> 01:21:35.346
<v Sandra Wood>You're talking about— are you talking about the notice for this project?

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01:21:35.411 --> 01:21:35.811
<v Dan Ryan>Yeah, I am.

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01:21:35.925 --> 01:21:37.032
<v Sandra Wood>Yeah, yeah.

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01:21:37.193 --> 01:21:46.728
<v Sandra Wood>Um, so our tip— our, our process for this project was to, um, we have a website and we notify groups.

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01:21:46.824 --> 01:21:52.699
<v Sandra Wood>I think we have, I don't know, over, you know, 1,500 people who subscribe to our long-range planning project.

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01:21:53.487 --> 01:21:56.297
<v Sandra Wood>Newsletter and let them know we're starting this project.

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01:21:56.394 --> 01:21:58.916
<v Sandra Wood>If you're interested in this project, subscribe to the website.

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01:22:00.314 --> 01:22:04.153
<v Sandra Wood>And we do blog posts as we're going along.

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01:22:04.569 --> 01:22:09.421
<v Sandra Wood>Before we go to the Planning Commission, we send out a notice 35 days before the Planning Commission hearing.

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01:22:09.485 --> 01:22:17.002
<v Sandra Wood>We also send a notice to DLCD, who— which is the, um, the state's Department of Land Conservation Development.

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01:22:17.436 --> 01:22:27.984
<v Sandra Wood>They have their own list the folks that they send it to, and then we post it on the Planning Commission website and we hold a hearing at the Planning Commission.

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01:22:28.095 --> 01:22:30.067
<v Sandra Wood>So that's before the Planning Commission hearing.

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01:22:31.140 --> 01:22:41.765
<v Sandra Wood>For all the people who testify in writing or verbally at the Planning Commission receive a notice of the plan— of the City Council hearing 2 weeks before the City Council hearing.

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01:22:42.118 --> 01:22:55.063
<v Sandra Wood>We have been notifying sending that notice before the committee hearing, but we also communicate with those folks informally, um, that about what's happening.

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01:22:55.175 --> 01:22:59.617
<v Sandra Wood>So after we finish the committee hearing, we let them know we're out of committee and we're headed to City Council.

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01:23:00.298 --> 01:23:01.235
<v Dan Ryan>I'm curious about this.

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<v Dan Ryan>Did the state weigh in on the public right-of-way as they propose the changes?

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01:23:05.452 --> 01:23:14.795
<v Dan Ryan>Because often when we're in these dialogues, it's about the actual housing, not on But they don't weigh in on the public right-of-way, the sidewalks, the streets.

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01:23:15.020 --> 01:23:15.180
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>No.

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01:23:15.277 --> 01:23:17.845
<v Sandra Wood>Are you talking about the improvements that would be required?

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01:23:18.310 --> 01:23:18.341
<v Unidentified speaker>No.

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01:23:18.662 --> 01:23:23.606
<v Dan Ryan>So did PBOT, Water and Sewer, Fire have perspective on this issue?

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01:23:25.067 --> 01:23:26.623
<v Sandra Wood>No, they did not weigh in.

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01:23:26.671 --> 01:23:27.395
<v Unidentified speaker>I think—.

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01:23:27.458 --> 01:23:29.592
<v Dan Ryan>I'm just gonna— it's okay, they didn't, right?

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01:23:30.042 --> 01:23:30.492
<v Sandra Wood>They did not.

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01:23:30.539 --> 01:23:41.088
<v Dan Ryan>Okay, that's good that you think that's the conversation we're having, and I think it's important to get that out because what I'm experiencing when I'm out talking to constituents, that's the disconnect.

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01:23:41.538 --> 01:23:51.047
<v Dan Ryan>So we make decisions about from the door on, if you will, and then the courtyard, the parking, maybe if the developer decided that would sell more units, so they're providing the parking.

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01:23:51.947 --> 01:24:00.957
<v Dan Ryan>But there's a frustration that we're not talking about the sidewalk and the streets, and that's where water, sewer, fire would also come in with PBOT.

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01:24:01.680 --> 01:24:04.621
<v Dan Ryan>I think I think that's the concern I want to keep lifting on these conversations.

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01:24:04.894 --> 01:24:13.538
<v Dan Ryan>And it feels very half— we did a half measure as opposed to the totality of the issue, because these are on blocks in neighborhoods.

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01:24:14.054 --> 01:24:24.176
<v Dan Ryan>And we're just going to continue to have residents of this city that had no intention of coming down to City Hall to be upset about something, just to wake us up about this disconnect.

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01:24:24.819 --> 01:24:25.735
<v Dan Ryan>Is that a fair statement?

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01:24:26.587 --> 01:24:27.229
<v Unidentified speaker>Yes.

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01:24:28.338 --> 01:24:36.645
<v Sandra Wood>Um, I think it's definitely a fair statement and something that we've been improving, I think, as an administration of working together across bureau lines.

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01:24:36.708 --> 01:24:39.778
<v Sandra Wood>We have, as you all know, the, the CAP work.

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01:24:39.841 --> 01:24:43.023
<v Sandra Wood>We have the code and policy coordination team.

884
01:24:43.231 --> 01:24:45.417
<v Sandra Wood>So I think there's increased coordination.

885
01:24:46.252 --> 01:24:50.654
<v Sandra Wood>These changes that the state made isn't the state's middle housing ordinance.

886
01:24:50.846 --> 01:24:58.194
<v Sandra Wood>The middle housing ordinance was House Bill 2001 that passed in Um, 2020 or 2021.

887
01:24:58.692 --> 01:25:00.679
<v Sandra Wood>So middle housing is already allowed.

888
01:25:01.032 --> 01:25:08.546
<v Sandra Wood>These are just about like the configurations and what the development standards are for those middle housing types.

889
01:25:09.363 --> 01:25:13.979
<v Sandra Wood>So it's not allowing more development, it's just allowing them in a different configuration.

890
01:25:14.957 --> 01:25:15.132
<v Dan Ryan>Right.

891
01:25:15.197 --> 01:25:23.872
<v Dan Ryan>And again, the state didn't go beyond the door— going beyond the door, they didn't think about the public right-of-way outside the door going towards the sidewalks?

892
01:25:24.194 --> 01:25:24.644
<v Sandra Wood>Correct.

893
01:25:24.820 --> 01:25:26.136
<v Dan Ryan>Okay, thanks.

894
01:25:27.630 --> 01:25:28.337
<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you, Councilor Ryan.

895
01:25:28.850 --> 01:25:29.541
<v Jamie Dunphy>Councilor Pirtle-Guiney.

896
01:25:30.216 --> 01:25:31.131
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Thank you, Council President.

897
01:25:31.179 --> 01:25:39.657
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>I was jumping in because nobody else on the committee had on Councilor Clark's, um, ask about what we thought about seeing the proposed language.

898
01:25:40.572 --> 01:25:52.359
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Because there are so many pieces that have to fit together to make this work, I was hesitant to try to fiddle with this from the dais.

899
01:25:53.358 --> 01:26:09.479
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>If we have a proposal from our experts who think that that proposal won't negatively impact other parts either of our compliance with state code or our broader permitting work at the city, I would be open to seeing that.

900
01:26:09.979 --> 01:26:19.604
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>If it doesn't look right to us though, I would suggest that we not fiddle with it from the Because there are so many other pieces that could be impacted by that.

901
01:26:20.326 --> 01:26:28.059
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>But if others are, are interested in seeing what the Bureau has, I certainly, given the, the work we did on the dais, wouldn't be opposed to that.

902
01:26:28.266 --> 01:26:37.011
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>My concern, like I said, with making changes from the dais was the, the broader impacts on our, our code and on our compliance with the state.

903
01:26:37.412 --> 01:26:38.359
<v Olivia Clark>Thank you, Councilor.

904
01:26:38.439 --> 01:26:49.073
<v Olivia Clark>I would presume that if they have amendments they've thought about all those, that connective tissue that you're talking about, and maybe we can have them present that to us.

905
01:26:50.810 --> 01:26:57.128
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>I would defer to others on if they want that, and the council president on whether that's okay with him, but I wouldn't be opposed.

906
01:26:58.789 --> 01:26:59.239
<v Jamie Dunphy>You have the floor.

907
01:26:59.304 --> 01:27:00.591
<v Jamie Dunphy>You're welcome to ask Warren if you want.

908
01:27:02.185 --> 01:27:09.728
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Could I look to my fellow committee members and just get a nod about if folks are What's the question?

909
01:27:09.985 --> 01:27:10.501
<v Nancy Thorington>Um, we—.

910
01:27:10.710 --> 01:27:12.385
<v Sandra Wood>I think we can be pretty quick about this.

911
01:27:13.206 --> 01:27:18.442
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>And I'm seeing at least 2 other members of the Housing Committee say yeah, they'd be interested in seeing it.

912
01:27:18.699 --> 01:27:23.337
<v Jamie Dunphy>All right, let's run through some quick slides and then we'll get to Councilors Zimmerman, Green, and Avalos.

913
01:27:25.775 --> 01:27:40.618
<v Sandra Wood>In, in our estimation, the council has, um, 3 options: go with what the Planning Commission recommended, which is what's on the slide here in the recommended draft, and we're— and I'm— I guess I should I should clarify, I think what we're—.

914
01:27:41.983 --> 01:27:42.640
<v Sandra Wood>There's 2 things.

915
01:27:42.704 --> 01:27:48.226
<v Sandra Wood>I think you're hearing from constituents with concerns about middle housing in general and development in their neighborhoods in general.

916
01:27:48.386 --> 01:27:49.591
<v Sandra Wood>We're not going to solve that today.

917
01:27:50.233 --> 01:27:55.385
<v Sandra Wood>You heard some more specific testimony about the common outdoor area, and that's what we have the amendments for.

918
01:27:56.203 --> 01:27:57.568
<v Sandra Wood>So there's 3 slides.

919
01:27:58.113 --> 01:28:06.572
<v Sandra Wood>The recommended draft includes an— each common outdoor area must be 750 square feet instead of 450 square feet.

920
01:28:06.619 --> 01:28:07.085
<v Sandra Wood>That's not what I heard.

921
01:28:07.149 --> 01:28:07.582
<v Sandra Wood>Square feet.

922
01:28:07.823 --> 01:28:11.863
<v Sandra Wood>And that's because now a cottage cluster will have 5 units instead of 3 units.

923
01:28:12.393 --> 01:28:13.659
<v Eric Zimmerman>So I have a point of order.

924
01:28:13.756 --> 01:28:22.511
<v Eric Zimmerman>I just need to clarify, Council President, what you have on the screen here is a proposed amendment, or this is the recommendation from Planning Commission?

925
01:28:22.574 --> 01:28:24.690
<v Unidentified speaker>This is the recommendation from Planning Commission.

926
01:28:24.738 --> 01:28:25.877
<v Sandra Wood>So if you don't amend anything—.

927
01:28:25.877 --> 01:28:28.395
<v Eric Zimmerman>The change from 450 to 750?

928
01:28:28.971 --> 01:28:32.146
<v Sandra Wood>Yes, that's what staff proposed to the commission, and the commission agreed with that.

929
01:28:32.211 --> 01:28:33.734
<v Sandra Wood>So that's what's on the table today.

930
01:28:33.863 --> 01:28:38.796
<v Unidentified speaker>If you don't amend anything, That is what would go into effect with the adoption of this ordinance.

931
01:28:38.893 --> 01:28:39.182
<v Unidentified speaker>Okay.

932
01:28:41.056 --> 01:28:52.368
<v Sandra Wood>So amendment option number 1 for the councilors is to say we don't agree with $750, that's too much, we'll go back to $450, which is what the code currently says.

933
01:28:56.666 --> 01:29:04.948
<v Sandra Wood>Amendment number 2 is to do what, um, the testifier, Ms. Radelet, suggested, which was that at least one of the spaces be $750.

934
01:29:06.949 --> 01:29:11.439
<v Sandra Wood>750 square feet, and the other ones can be smaller at 450 square feet.

935
01:29:11.872 --> 01:29:20.337
<v Sandra Wood>This way they are not providing too much, um, outdoor area for the smaller cottage clusters.

936
01:29:20.610 --> 01:29:34.769
<v Sandra Wood>That was part of her point, is that 750 square feet is enough outdoor area for 5 units, and if they do a 6-unit cottage cluster, this unit is now providing all 750, and a second unit is providing 750.

937
01:29:34.817 --> 01:29:35.024
<v Sandra Wood>Thank you.

938
01:29:35.426 --> 01:29:46.636
<v Sandra Wood>So by having that second, um, outdoor area smaller, um, that, um, that addresses her concern, I believe.

939
01:29:47.210 --> 01:29:48.829
<v Sandra Wood>And that's— this is what she had suggested.

940
01:29:51.948 --> 01:29:55.600
<v Sandra Wood>So those are the 2 amendment options, or leaving it as is.

941
01:29:56.904 --> 01:29:58.385
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Council President, do I still have the floor?

942
01:29:58.545 --> 01:29:59.929
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Because I have a question about this.

943
01:30:00.202 --> 01:30:00.507
<v Jamie Dunphy>Absolutely.

944
01:30:01.206 --> 01:30:01.480
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Okay.

945
01:30:02.175 --> 01:30:06.759
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>On this Amendment 2 option, there's a lot of language changes.

946
01:30:09.448 --> 01:30:19.725
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Are Subs 2 and 3, as this is laid out, language that is already included in both current code and the proposal before us?

947
01:30:19.981 --> 01:30:27.359
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>And what I'm seeing as significant changes is just to specify that this applies to each individual common area regardless of the number of units.

948
01:30:27.470 --> 01:30:33.362
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Regardless of size, there aren't actually substantive changes beyond the 750 plus 480.

949
01:30:33.988 --> 01:30:41.243
<v Sandra Wood>Correct, because the way it's laid out here in the recommended draft is that each common area needs to meet these standards.

950
01:30:42.416 --> 01:30:52.274
<v Sandra Wood>Now that there's a big common area and a small common area potentially on a site, we needed to clarify that each of them needs to meet those dimensional standards.

951
01:30:52.770 --> 01:30:53.878
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Thank you for the clarification.

952
01:30:57.359 --> 01:31:11.770
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Colleagues, based on what I said earlier, I would be interested in this option too, but I want to hear from— there are a number of other people in the queue now, so I'd like to hear from others before I propose moving anything.

953
01:31:12.800 --> 01:31:13.936
<v Jamie Dunphy>Okay, thank you, Councilor Pirtle-Guiney.

954
01:31:14.197 --> 01:31:14.863
<v Jamie Dunphy>Councilor Zimmerman.

955
01:31:16.261 --> 01:31:18.747
<v Unidentified speaker>Thanks.

956
01:31:19.760 --> 01:31:25.414
<v Eric Zimmerman>So I'm cautious about making an amendment from the— so a couple things, right?

957
01:31:25.494 --> 01:31:28.001
<v Eric Zimmerman>I don't think I've received any briefing on this, right?

958
01:31:28.050 --> 01:31:34.909
<v Eric Zimmerman>So this is a— this is something that's gone through committee, seems fairly substantive given what's going on here.

959
01:31:36.002 --> 01:31:43.970
<v Eric Zimmerman>Uh, have not received a council or district-based briefing on that, which I think this seems like a topic that probably was apt for that.

960
01:31:45.000 --> 01:31:48.512
<v Eric Zimmerman>Um, certainly something I think I think could belong in a work session.

961
01:31:49.988 --> 01:31:54.493
<v Eric Zimmerman>So I'm cautious about making amendments to get past the moment.

962
01:31:54.813 --> 01:31:58.564
<v Eric Zimmerman>I think we've had some not great outcomes with that in the past.

963
01:31:59.270 --> 01:32:05.007
<v Eric Zimmerman>Also, these amendments, while I appreciate them, don't really seem to be the crux of the entire concern.

964
01:32:05.296 --> 01:32:12.783
<v Eric Zimmerman>They seem to be one thing about the size of a courtyard, but there were other things that I think are more into this, that it's not just about courtyard development.

965
01:32:12.831 --> 01:32:12.926
<v Eric Zimmerman>Thank you.

966
01:32:14.359 --> 01:32:39.595
<v Eric Zimmerman>So, um, I— whether the body decides to amend or not, I am weighing whether or not I feel that BPS has met, I guess, the level of standard and information and clarity on something for me to take an action today.

967
01:32:39.643 --> 01:32:40.841
<v Eric Zimmerman>Councilor That's, that's where I'm at.

968
01:32:40.890 --> 01:32:42.159
<v Eric Zimmerman>So I, I truly am listening.

969
01:32:42.256 --> 01:32:50.536
<v Eric Zimmerman>I appreciate there are a couple amendments, but, um, I think there may be more in the, in the works, and I'm not sure I'm in the amendment-on-the-fly mood today for this.

970
01:32:51.055 --> 01:32:54.507
<v Jamie Dunphy>And just as a note, colleagues, this is a first reading of a non-emergency ordinance.

971
01:32:58.197 --> 01:32:59.864
<v Jamie Dunphy>Uh, Councilor Green.

972
01:33:01.095 --> 01:33:02.180
<v Mitch Green>Uh, thank you, Council President.

973
01:33:02.310 --> 01:33:07.087
<v Mitch Green>Um, thank you for bringing, uh, another, you know, another option for us to consider.

974
01:33:07.189 --> 01:33:15.453
<v Mitch Green>Thank you, Mr. Mayor, and for bringing us back to the subject, which is about the actual common area and how to deal with state compliance there.

975
01:33:17.710 --> 01:33:21.561
<v Mitch Green>This is in line with what folks testified and asked for.

976
01:33:23.367 --> 01:33:25.475
<v Mitch Green>I share some of Councilor Zimmerman's concerns, though.

977
01:33:27.328 --> 01:33:31.402
<v Mitch Green>I think that— I think the baseline was probably too much.

978
01:33:32.061 --> 01:33:34.405
<v Mitch Green>I think it's sort of a linear scaling of open space.

979
01:33:34.454 --> 01:33:34.503
<v Mitch Green>Yes.

980
01:33:34.984 --> 01:33:36.523
<v Mitch Green>And I don't know that that's really the intent.

981
01:33:36.685 --> 01:33:46.332
<v Mitch Green>The intent is to have a sort of reasonable amount of open space that's common, and there's probably a less linear relationship there in terms of like the benefit piece.

982
01:33:46.639 --> 01:33:54.449
<v Mitch Green>I'm not an expert in this stuff, so I'm inclined to adopt this, but I really do think that we should not stop here with the process.

983
01:33:55.305 --> 01:34:06.378
<v Mitch Green>Like, let's get through this, but let's talk to the building trades, let's talk to folks, developers, let's talk to neighbors and figure out what makes the most sense, but that can't happen here at the dais, and that can't happen before the end of the year.

984
01:34:06.443 --> 01:34:15.878
<v Mitch Green>So I'm amenable to this amendment because I think I've heard— this is the only other variant I've heard from people who have some expertise in this field.

985
01:34:16.283 --> 01:34:18.623
<v Mitch Green>And so I feel deferential to that.

986
01:34:18.786 --> 01:34:26.268
<v Mitch Green>And if staff's bringing it, that means that I feel like you guys can say, hey, what, you know what, this works in terms of our compliance.

987
01:34:26.317 --> 01:34:26.511
<v Mitch Green>And so—.

988
01:34:26.511 --> 01:34:26.625
<v Mitch Green>Thank you.

989
01:34:28.002 --> 01:34:28.953
<v Mitch Green>I would vote yes for this.

990
01:34:30.747 --> 01:34:31.360
<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you, Councilor Green.

991
01:34:32.297 --> 01:34:32.911
<v Jamie Dunphy>Councilor Avalos.

992
01:34:34.801 --> 01:34:36.948
<v Candace Avalos>Yeah, thank you for the discussion.

993
01:34:38.579 --> 01:34:42.297
<v Candace Avalos>I think I share a lot of where Councilor Green is landing on this.

994
01:34:42.622 --> 01:34:53.314
<v Candace Avalos>I, you know, in committee, we decided that the questions that were being brought were good policy questions, but couldn't be addressed necessarily in that moment.

995
01:34:54.069 --> 01:34:56.833
<v Candace Avalos>And then we had an understanding of some time sensitivity.

996
01:34:56.914 --> 01:34:58.774
<v Candace Avalos>So let me start by asking that.

997
01:34:58.904 --> 01:35:01.475
<v Candace Avalos>Is there a time sensitivity that I should be aware of?

998
01:35:02.310 --> 01:35:10.222
<v Sandra Wood>Yes, these need to be in effect on January 1st, which means that we need to have a second reading by December 1st.

999
01:35:10.869 --> 01:35:11.064
<v Unidentified speaker>Okay.

1000
01:35:12.101 --> 01:35:13.675
<v Candace Avalos>And then in a scenario—.

1001
01:35:14.567 --> 01:35:14.842
<v Unidentified speaker>Or what?

1002
01:35:16.011 --> 01:35:16.416
<v Candace Avalos>Or what?

1003
01:35:20.101 --> 01:35:39.412
<v Unidentified speaker>The Portland permitting and development planners will need to apply the state rules directly, and that'll cause a lot of confusion because there's a lot of interpretation that can be made on how the bills can be implemented.

1004
01:35:40.265 --> 01:35:51.435
<v Unidentified speaker>You know, do we mean, you know, does the 6 units on a lot mean a fourplex and therefore follow the fourplex rules, or does 6 units on a lot mean multi-dwelling and follow the multi-dwelling rules?

1005
01:35:51.948 --> 01:35:52.622
<v Unidentified speaker>Things like that.

1006
01:35:53.231 --> 01:35:59.104
<v Candace Avalos>Okay, so it sounds like we want to, or at least I want to, at minimum avoid that scenario.

1007
01:35:59.247 --> 01:36:05.841
<v Candace Avalos>So, um, now in a scenario where we— let me put this amendment aside.

1008
01:36:05.905 --> 01:36:09.756
<v Candace Avalos>Let's say we put this forward as is without these amendments.

1009
01:36:10.783 --> 01:36:25.009
<v Candace Avalos>What does it look like for council to come back and address these outstanding policy questions Do those things have to happen on that same timeline of by January, or is there time after January to say we're going to come back and address some of these broader issues?

1010
01:36:25.056 --> 01:36:29.257
<v Candace Avalos>I'm trying to get a sense of like, if we do want to come back, what's our time constraint on that?

1011
01:36:30.188 --> 01:36:40.963
<v Unidentified speaker>If we do want to come back to the council and do it within this project and this project record, we could come back next week with new language.

1012
01:36:41.043 --> 01:36:53.024
<v Unidentified speaker>If you knew what amendment you would want us to pursue, we could write it up at the end of this week and come back I think the question is though that there's—.

1013
01:36:53.136 --> 01:36:58.287
<v Candace Avalos>I don't know that this council is set even within one week to know what we want to do, right?

1014
01:36:58.350 --> 01:37:00.822
<v Candace Avalos>Because we need to talk to some stakeholders, it sounds like.

1015
01:37:01.158 --> 01:37:17.972
<v Candace Avalos>So I want to know, is there a way to come— if we were to pass this, um, as is, is there a way that we can come back later to make either this amendment that's in front of us or any Councilor Avalos, Patricia Diefenderer for the record.

1016
01:37:18.326 --> 01:37:24.472
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>I would just say that the time constraint is to get this project into effect by January 1st.

1017
01:37:24.985 --> 01:37:42.238
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>If we want to come back and make these other changes that you're talking about, we have suggested as staff that, um, we are going to be undertaking another look at the middle housing regulations, and we can incorporate that in that, uh, project and And that was the intention to do that.

1018
01:37:43.136 --> 01:37:47.163
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>So there's no time constraint on making this particular amendment.

1019
01:37:47.212 --> 01:37:54.752
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>This, as is or as potentially proposed here, would meet the state compliance requirement.

1020
01:37:55.234 --> 01:37:57.801
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And so we would be in compliance with the state.

1021
01:37:57.881 --> 01:38:03.384
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And it's just a question of what the next project and what the timing of that next project will be.

1022
01:38:03.496 --> 01:38:04.779
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>There's no constraint on that.

1023
01:38:04.923 --> 01:38:05.292
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Thank you.

1024
01:38:05.405 --> 01:38:14.462
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>It's just the time that's required to go through a legislative process for staff to do its analysis, to do the outreach, to better understand the issues, and then bring a proposal.

1025
01:38:15.118 --> 01:38:18.180
<v Candace Avalos>When you say as proposed, do you mean including this amendment or without it?

1026
01:38:18.243 --> 01:38:32.189
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>This— I do believe, and staff can correct me, that whether the council adopts the proposal as is, meaning making no amendments, or if the council adopted this particular amendment, for example, that we would still be in compliance with the state law.

1027
01:38:32.510 --> 01:38:41.466
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And there would be, as long as As long as we take action on that in the timeframe that Sandra mentioned so that it's in effect by January 1st, we would be— there wouldn't be any concerns.

1028
01:38:42.461 --> 01:38:47.372
<v Candace Avalos>And can you give me another read of your opinion on the difference between these 2 amendments?

1029
01:38:48.706 --> 01:38:48.945
<v Unidentified speaker>Sure.

1030
01:38:49.266 --> 01:38:49.363
<v Unidentified speaker>Yeah.

1031
01:38:49.685 --> 01:38:51.033
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Are you asking me, Councilor Ellis?

1032
01:38:51.515 --> 01:39:00.824
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>I would say that this particular— I think the option— well, let me say that Option 1 essentially means a reduced per unit.

1033
01:39:01.179 --> 01:39:04.101
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Square footage of outdoor space overall, right?

1034
01:39:04.631 --> 01:39:14.429
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>So again, whether it's linear, like if you have X number of units, you just make sure that each unit has the same amount of open space and that's your standard.

1035
01:39:14.493 --> 01:39:16.309
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>That's typically how we apply the code.

1036
01:39:16.903 --> 01:39:23.135
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>But adopting this would mean you're requiring less open space per unit.

1037
01:39:23.729 --> 01:39:24.532
<v Sandra Wood>Let me just clarify.

1038
01:39:24.676 --> 01:39:32.573
<v Sandra Wood>It's the same square footage per unit, But each common outdoor space would be smaller.

1039
01:39:32.637 --> 01:39:35.206
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Sorry, the common outdoor space would be smaller, right?

1040
01:39:35.445 --> 01:39:39.795
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>But overall, there'd be less open space on the site for residents.

1041
01:39:39.859 --> 01:39:41.640
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>There, there's common and there's—.

1042
01:39:42.090 --> 01:39:43.630
<v Unidentified speaker>There is no individual.

1043
01:39:43.951 --> 01:39:46.293
<v Sandra Wood>For cottage clusters, there are no individual.

1044
01:39:46.341 --> 01:39:47.658
<v Sandra Wood>This is all the common space.

1045
01:39:47.721 --> 01:39:50.001
<v Sandra Wood>So it's 150 square foot per unit.

1046
01:39:50.434 --> 01:39:56.770
<v Sandra Wood>So you would have— but then how big does that common open space need to be similar to what council—.

1047
01:39:56.786 --> 01:39:59.158
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Well, that's effectively a reduction in the amount of open space.

1048
01:39:59.221 --> 01:40:00.238
<v Sandra Wood>No, because you'd have 2.

1049
01:40:01.222 --> 01:40:04.337
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Well, okay, let's, let's just be clear.

1050
01:40:04.710 --> 01:40:08.802
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>I, I mean, this proposal reduces it back down to 450.

1051
01:40:09.078 --> 01:40:10.033
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>The next proposal—.

1052
01:40:10.033 --> 01:40:13.270
<v Sandra Wood>Which is not the absolute number, it's the minimum size of common—.

1053
01:40:13.270 --> 01:40:15.051
<v Unidentified speaker>It's the minimum, it's the minimum size.

1054
01:40:15.166 --> 01:40:16.162
<v Sandra Wood>Common open space.

1055
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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Okay, um, and then this particular the other amendment would essentially say that the common— the first common open space or the primary common open space would be 750, and then any other open spaces that are provided would have to— would be— wouldn't have to be larger than 450.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>So it's just different ways of orienting the open space on the site with ultimately this option Requiring less total space of common open space on the site, that in a way that might be more conducive to being able to accommodate the number of units as we've heard from the testifiers.

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<v Candace Avalos>Okay, thank you.

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01:41:05.603 --> 01:41:10.438
<v Candace Avalos>Yeah, I mean, I think even just that back and forth makes me uncomfortable with choosing one of these options right now.

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01:41:12.346 --> 01:41:15.807
<v Candace Avalos>And it sounds like, you know, this one you already drafted.

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01:41:16.082 --> 01:41:22.305
<v Candace Avalos>Am I hearing you say that there's potential to draft other things between now and next time, or what was it that you were saying on that?

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Yeah, I mean, I'm not personally— I don't know that we would be able to come up with anything different than this necessarily within a week's time in order to make it into this package for the— to get it to be effective in the time that's required.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>I will say also that currently there is another state law, SB 1537, which allows for automatic adjustments from regulations.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And I believe that their projects can avail themselves of that if there is an individual project that is having difficulty complying with any particular standard, that they could use that automatic adjustment to address their particular situation.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And that is in place until 2032.

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01:42:10.185 --> 01:42:10.328
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Thank you.

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01:42:11.167 --> 01:42:19.987
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And that does give an option while we continue to have time to better identify solutions for this issue.

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01:42:21.110 --> 01:42:24.987
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>So that is another sort of relief valve that exists currently.

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<v Candace Avalos>Okay.

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<v Candace Avalos>Well, I think where I'm landing is, again, don't feel comfortable moving any of these amendments right now.

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01:42:40.320 --> 01:42:42.998
<v Candace Avalos>Yeah, maybe I'll just keep listening to the conversation.

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<v Candace Avalos>I'm not sure what to do with that, but yeah, thanks for answering my questions.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you, Councilor Avalos.

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01:42:48.965 --> 01:42:55.314
<v Jamie Dunphy>Colleagues, just a programming note, we are about an hour over on our schedule and we have a number of must-pass things today.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>So this is a good conversation to be had, but just noting the time.

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01:42:59.645 --> 01:43:00.287
<v Jamie Dunphy>Vice President Clark.

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01:43:00.832 --> 01:43:01.649
<v Olivia Clark>Thank you, Council President.

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<v Olivia Clark>I'll try to be quick.

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<v Olivia Clark>So let me ask a question on this Option 2.

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01:43:05.904 --> 01:43:14.698
<v Olivia Clark>Does this sort of mirror what's actually out there with clusters now, the 5 clusters that you looked at?

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01:43:14.779 --> 01:43:17.675
<v Olivia Clark>I know there's many, many more, but is this sort of a mirror of that?

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01:43:18.060 --> 01:43:19.993
<v Sandra Wood>Um, not necessarily.

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01:43:20.105 --> 01:43:31.295
<v Sandra Wood>Like I said, our main observation was if there's no driveway and parking, then, um, 750 square feet— the open areas are actually a lot larger.

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01:43:31.568 --> 01:43:32.274
<v Sandra Wood>Mm-hmm.

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01:43:32.613 --> 01:43:37.594
<v Sandra Wood>750 Is about 50 feet wide, 15 feet deep.

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01:43:37.643 --> 01:43:37.851
<v Sandra Wood>Yeah.

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01:43:38.284 --> 01:43:45.578
<v Sandra Wood>Um, it's the ones that have parking that little pieces of open area—.

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01:43:45.724 --> 01:43:46.064
<v Sandra Wood>Oops—.

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01:43:46.289 --> 01:43:51.918
<v Sandra Wood>Are being carved out that are, in essence, look like people's front yards.

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01:43:52.436 --> 01:43:52.453
<v Sandra Wood>Ah.

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01:43:53.554 --> 01:44:05.472
<v Sandra Wood>Um, and, and depending on where they have the driveways between the units, the front yard area is functioning or counting towards the common open area.

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01:44:06.765 --> 01:44:11.710
<v Olivia Clark>Okay, without diagrams and photographs, it's really hard for me to visualize all of this.

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01:44:12.480 --> 01:44:16.079
<v Olivia Clark>Um, but, um, I'm just— 2 things.

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<v Olivia Clark>Ultimately, I think everything we can do to simplify, um, all of our processes, our codes, our permitting, everything we can do to simplify is where I would like to land.

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<v Olivia Clark>But I don't think we're going to get there today on this amendment.

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<v Olivia Clark>And while I would really like to resolve this and, and get an amendment going, I think maybe we just continue this first reading so that we can have that conversation and get the kind of input that Councilor Green was talking about.

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<v Olivia Clark>If, if that— if you're amenable to that, to continue the first reading.

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<v Olivia Clark>Yes.

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<v Olivia Clark>And that would give us a little more time to get our head around it.

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01:44:57.944 --> 01:45:00.365
<v Olivia Clark>I think we can still meet the January requirement.

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<v Olivia Clark>Um, anyway, I'm going to throw that out there.

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<v Olivia Clark>Thank you.

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01:45:04.520 --> 01:45:05.162
<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you, Councilor.

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01:45:06.286 --> 01:45:07.119
<v Jamie Dunphy>Uh, Councilor Ryan.

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01:45:07.328 --> 01:45:08.002
<v Dan Ryan>Yeah, I'll be brief.

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01:45:08.067 --> 01:45:09.173
<v Dan Ryan>Thank you, Council President.

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<v Dan Ryan>I'm into the compliance of what the state provided, but it's real clear in this conversation— thank you, Councilor Avalos, I think your leadership showed up to adapt— and I don't think we're ready to pass amendments to And I hope when we do come back, we also— obviously I care about looking at the totality of the public right-of-way in this conversation as well.

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01:45:30.720 --> 01:45:32.310
<v Dan Ryan>It's missing in our dialogue.

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01:45:33.016 --> 01:45:33.274
<v Unidentified speaker>Thank you.

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01:45:33.997 --> 01:45:34.655
<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you, Councilor Ryan.

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01:45:35.186 --> 01:45:35.974
<v Jamie Dunphy>Councilor Koyama Lane.

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<v Tiffany Koyama Lane>Thank you, Council President.

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01:45:38.158 --> 01:45:43.076
<v Tiffany Koyama Lane>I appreciate this conversation and think that this is going to be strengthened by us continuing to work on this.

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01:45:43.542 --> 01:45:48.229
<v Tiffany Koyama Lane>But I also just want to be clear that you all came to committee very prepared.

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01:45:48.597 --> 01:45:50.280
<v Tiffany Koyama Lane>We did have a discussion about this.

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01:45:51.082 --> 01:45:51.962
<v Tiffany Koyama Lane>It did pass.

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01:45:52.380 --> 01:45:53.981
<v Tiffany Koyama Lane>Everyone that was there voted yes.

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01:45:54.061 --> 01:45:58.788
<v Tiffany Koyama Lane>And so I just want to acknowledge that there has been communication and hard work that's gone into this.

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01:45:59.252 --> 01:46:02.282
<v Tiffany Koyama Lane>And we are still figuring out our committee system.

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01:46:02.698 --> 01:46:08.354
<v Tiffany Koyama Lane>It was really hard for us to track all the committees when we had even more than we have now.

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<v Tiffany Koyama Lane>We have a smaller amount, but we have—.

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01:46:10.805 --> 01:46:10.902
<v Tiffany Koyama Lane>We—.

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01:46:11.109 --> 01:46:11.622
<v Tiffany Koyama Lane>I understand.

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01:46:11.703 --> 01:46:21.579
<v Tiffany Koyama Lane>I just want to be clear, we have work to do to figure out how are we as council how are we deciding if something should be at a committee or committee of the whole?

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01:46:22.640 --> 01:46:40.715
<v Tiffany Koyama Lane>So while I'm glad that we're continuing to work on this, I just want to be clear that and acknowledge that there's been openness, there's been conversation, and I think some of that is for us as councilors to have our staff looking and flagging things for us when it's going to be of interest, and also being able to reach out and ask for a briefing.

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01:46:40.831 --> 01:46:41.877
<v Tiffany Koyama Lane>Because I know whenever I— Councilor Loretta Smith.

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01:46:42.403 --> 01:46:47.110
<v Tiffany Koyama Lane>I am asking the city administrator, any of those DCAs, it's like, yes, we would love to communicate.

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<v Tiffany Koyama Lane>So I just wanted to thank you for your openness and appreciate your work so far.

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01:46:52.685 --> 01:46:53.617
<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you, Councilor Koyama Lane.

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01:46:53.810 --> 01:46:54.260
<v Jamie Dunphy>Councilor Green.

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01:46:55.577 --> 01:46:55.962
<v Mitch Green>Thank you.

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01:46:56.042 --> 01:46:57.600
<v Mitch Green>Yeah, I think we need to move on from this item.

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01:46:57.649 --> 01:47:08.766
<v Mitch Green>I just want to note that if we don't vote on this or we do and it fails and then we have to have another amendment in a week's time, it's functionally the same as continuing this first reading because then we would have to do another reading anyway.

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01:47:09.541 --> 01:47:12.252
<v Mitch Green>And so I wouldn't, I wouldn't advocate that we continue this first reading.

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01:47:12.301 --> 01:47:18.561
<v Mitch Green>I would say let's just pass this to a second reading, and if folks still want to do the amendment, we can, we can have that conversation.

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01:47:18.819 --> 01:47:19.560
<v Jamie Dunphy>That sounds good to me.

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01:47:20.782 --> 01:47:27.039
<v Jamie Dunphy>Seeing no one else in the queue, I'm going to, uh, move this item to second reading.

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01:47:28.980 --> 01:47:30.337
<v Jamie Dunphy>Okay, thank you all very much.

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01:47:31.104 --> 01:47:33.768
<v Unidentified speaker>Did we close the written record and oral testimony?

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01:47:34.981 --> 01:47:36.988
<v Nancy Thorington>Can you just announce that the record is closed?

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01:47:37.100 --> 01:47:37.537
<v Jamie Dunphy>Oh, absolutely.

1141
01:47:37.731 --> 01:47:43.118
<v Jamie Dunphy>The, uh, record— the record is officially closed on this item, both written and test oral.

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01:47:43.877 --> 01:47:44.667
<v Unidentified speaker>Is that true for written?

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01:47:45.247 --> 01:47:45.520
<v Jamie Dunphy>Yes.

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01:47:45.970 --> 01:47:49.635
<v Unidentified speaker>Okay, good.

1145
01:47:51.676 --> 01:47:52.190
<v Jamie Dunphy>Everybody's—.

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01:47:52.238 --> 01:47:53.868
<v Unidentified speaker>Did we get a time certain for our—.

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01:47:54.722 --> 01:47:55.336
<v Keelan McClymont>Yeah.

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01:47:56.353 --> 01:47:56.917
<v Jamie Dunphy>Oh, there we go.

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01:47:57.869 --> 01:48:08.011
<v Jamie Dunphy>Uh, this ordinance will be moving forward together with the project report and zoning code amendments to second reading for adoption on October October 21st at 6:15 PM, time certain.

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01:48:08.944 --> 01:48:10.083
<v Jamie Dunphy>Okay, great.

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01:48:10.646 --> 01:48:12.029
<v Jamie Dunphy>Colleagues, it's 11:15.

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01:48:12.077 --> 01:48:15.036
<v Jamie Dunphy>I'm gonna ask us to please, please be back here at 11:25.

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01:48:15.149 --> 01:48:21.310
<v Jamie Dunphy>We're going to take a quick break and we are gonna try to get through with the rest of our agenda.

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<v Unidentified speaker>Thank you.

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01:48:24.854 --> 01:48:25.976
<v Unidentified speaker>Oh gosh.

1156
02:00:37.014 --> 02:00:37.990
<v Jamie Dunphy>Welcome back, folks.

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02:00:38.332 --> 02:00:39.407
<v Jamie Dunphy>Calling us back to order.

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02:00:39.537 --> 02:00:42.645
<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you very much for the very brief break.

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02:00:43.399 --> 02:00:46.233
<v Jamie Dunphy>Keelan, can we please call our next time-certain item?

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02:00:47.376 --> 02:01:00.224
<v Keelan McClymont>Document 2026-343, amend the Portland Zoning Code, Portland Comprehensive Plan Map, and zoning maps to facilitate housing production and post-pandemic economic recovery and revitalization in the Central City.

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<v Keelan McClymont>Amend Title 33, Portland Comprehensive Plan Map, official zoning maps.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you, colleagues.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>This is the first reading and hearing for item 2026-343, the ordinance for the recommended draft of the Central City Code Amendment Project, or the CCAP as we are calling it.

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02:01:15.173 --> 02:01:19.975
<v Jamie Dunphy>Uh, I understand there is a brief presentation from our friends at Planning and Sustainability.

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02:01:20.154 --> 02:01:20.804
<v Jamie Dunphy>Welcome on up.

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02:01:28.855 --> 02:01:30.173
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Thank you so much.

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02:01:31.381 --> 02:01:32.469
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>I think we need just one moment.

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02:01:32.518 --> 02:01:35.896
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Are we already logged in to share the presentation?

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02:01:38.139 --> 02:01:39.001
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Thank you.

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02:01:57.615 --> 02:02:00.216
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Okay, thank you so much.

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02:02:00.426 --> 02:02:01.541
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Um, good morning.

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02:02:01.590 --> 02:02:02.396
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Is it still morning?

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02:02:02.478 --> 02:02:02.947
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>I'm not sure.

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02:02:03.172 --> 02:02:06.466
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Uh, good morning, Council President, Vice President, councilors.

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02:02:07.386 --> 02:02:11.788
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Patricia Dieffenderfer, for the record, um, Chief Planner, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Appreciate the time to, uh, have the opportunity to present this project to you.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Um, so I am going to go ahead and do the presentation.

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02:02:22.034 --> 02:02:23.296
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>I'm joined by Rachel Hoy.

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02:02:23.444 --> 02:02:29.574
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>She's a supervising planner in BPS, and, uh, together we will help answer questions, but I'm I'm going to go ahead and do the presentation.

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02:02:29.671 --> 02:02:32.000
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>So I will go ahead and get started.

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02:02:32.372 --> 02:02:33.375
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Next slide, please.

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02:02:33.713 --> 02:02:39.185
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Thank you, Rachel.

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02:02:40.555 --> 02:02:44.315
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Okay, so this slide just shows the presentation outline.

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02:02:45.006 --> 02:03:05.905
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Essentially, we're going to pre— give an overview of what the Planning Commission recommendation is, give some background on this project, provide an overview of the proposal itself, and then we are joined by Commissioner— Planning Commissioner Erica Thompson, who is going to present the recommendation of the Planning Commission.

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02:03:06.908 --> 02:03:13.231
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And I do believe she has some time constraints, so hopefully we'll be able to get to her portion while she's still available to be here.

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02:03:13.876 --> 02:03:15.680
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>If you could, next slide, please.

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02:03:15.856 --> 02:03:16.260
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Thank you.

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02:03:17.984 --> 02:03:23.497
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>So the Planning Commission held several meetings on this item starting in late May.

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02:03:24.256 --> 02:03:27.556
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>They had a briefing and a hearing and a number of work sessions.

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02:03:27.734 --> 02:03:47.503
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>On July 14th, The Planning Commission voted to recommend that City Council take the following actions: to adopt the Central City Code Amendment Project report and to adopt the amendments that are proposed in that report, including comprehensive plan and zoning map changes and changes to the zoning code.

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02:03:48.380 --> 02:03:48.864
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Next slide, please.

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02:03:50.452 --> 02:03:59.198
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>So I'm going to just provide some brief information about what background of this project, specifically the purpose of this project.

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02:03:59.814 --> 02:04:06.497
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>The purpose of this project was to— is to facilitate housing production and post-pandemic economic recovery and revitalization.

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02:04:07.582 --> 02:04:12.905
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>It builds upon a number of efforts, prior efforts to remove regulatory barriers.

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02:04:14.537 --> 02:04:23.832
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>It takes a very tactical approach to addressing current challenges, including market conditions and underinvestment that we've been seeing in the central city in recent years.

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02:04:23.881 --> 02:04:42.109
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>The amendments are intended to be received responsive to trends precipitated by the pandemic that have resulted in greater remote work, 25-plus percent office vacancies, and significant vacancy on ground floor— in ground floor residential spaces.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>The zoning changes that are part of this project really are about creating flexibility, greater flexibility in the allowable uses Um, in various zones in order to help fill vacant ground floor and office spaces, and again, to foster, uh, new residential development.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And, uh, lastly, the project does support— um, has some small provisions in it that supports some of the larger catalytic projects, um, that we talk about frequently, such as the Broadway Corridor and OMSI projects.

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02:05:15.259 --> 02:05:17.362
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And I'll talk a little bit more about that later.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Um, I will Yeah, so this project does have kind of a long background.

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02:05:23.639 --> 02:05:31.309
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>This project really, the genesis of this project dates back to a development survey that was conducted in 2022.

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02:05:32.708 --> 02:06:16.057
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>The findings of that survey and public input that we received through a number of other projects, including the Housing Needs Analysis, the Housing Production Strategy, and the Housing Regulatory Relief Project, which was a project that temporarily suspends some development standards for housing development All of the— in all of these projects, we heard, uh, we heard common and recurring themes about the need to, uh, to, um, look at the central city and the regulations of the central city and to do some tactical changes that would support, uh, trying to spur economic development and housing in the short term.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Thank you.

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02:06:17.356 --> 02:06:25.724
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>So this project was a Bureau-initiated project because of the outreach, the input that we received through a number of different projects.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And importantly, I will say this project was never scoped or intended to be a full update of the Central City Plan.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>The Central City 2035 Plan was a plan that was adopted fairly recently in 2020 with 10 years of public input.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And so this was not intended to be a wholesale update.

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02:06:48.230 --> 02:06:48.519
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Thank you.

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02:06:48.778 --> 02:06:54.448
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Update of that plan, but rather some tactical changes to affect some of the things that I was describing previously.

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02:06:56.639 --> 02:06:57.301
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Next slide, please.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>So now we will go into the proposal.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>There are— again, these are the themes.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>This project was trying to advance housing production, economic recovery, and to continue efforts to streamline regulations and make regulations more flexible.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Thank you.

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02:07:16.105 --> 02:07:26.509
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>The actions that are part of this project are map changes, so some changes to comprehensive plan and zoning maps and some changes to zoning code.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And I will also say that the changes to the maps, as typically is, largely changes to height and very few changes to base zoning, but I will describe those in more detail.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Next slide.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>So, uh, this slide, I won't go into too much detail.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>It does outline the, uh, the engagement process that was conducted for this project.

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02:07:52.557 --> 02:07:57.217
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>As mentioned, the impetus was input that we received through many prior projects.

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02:07:57.764 --> 02:08:02.471
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>We started outreach on this project in earnest in March of this year.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Public input informed both the, the initial discussion draft but also informed subsequent drafts and proposed— the proposal that you see before you today.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Next slide, please.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>So we wanted to just quickly summarize the testimony from Planning Commission.

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02:08:23.885 --> 02:08:32.244
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Predominantly what we heard, what the Planning Commission heard in public testimony was support for proposed— the proposed height increases in this project.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>There was actually requests for even more increases to height in this project.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>There's a Uh, some testimony around desired increases in the floor area ratio allowances, um, in the, in the zoning in the central city.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>There were requests for additional rezoning of industrial areas beyond— to residential mixed-use beyond those that are proposed in the project.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Um, there was, uh, support, uh, uh, provided for the allowance of some of the, the parking allowances, including allowance for temporary surface parking.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And there was also some concerns about those things.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>So you can see some other points there that are listed on the slide, but that was the predominant input that was received.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And I'll just add— sorry, if you could go back for just one moment.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>I think I would just simply add that the Planning Commission did make several changes and amendments to the proposal as a result of testimony and their deliberations.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Those largely included— Yes.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>The—.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>They added an additional track, an option for height that includes an unlimited height option, which I'll describe later.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>They made some changes related to the types of uses that can be allowed in the river setback, for example, in— as it relates to open space and Tom McCall Waterfront Park in particular.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And they also refined the provisions related to ground floor standards for residential units.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>So there was a much debate in the Planning Commission, and there were amendments made as a result of that debate.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>One proposal— or they did not, however, make any changes or add any additional area, industrial areas for rezoning as a result of the input, despite their deliberations on that.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>So I just wanted to note that.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Next slide, please.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>So the next few slides go through the map changes.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And I will first, as I noted before, the changes, the map changes really focused largely on changes to maximum bonus height.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>So we looked at throughout the plan area, at properties throughout the plan area, and identified places where additional height could be added.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And again, there were limited changes to actual base zoning.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>So next slide, please.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Thank you, Deputy City Administrator Nancy Thorington.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>This map here shows the very targeted and limited areas where rezoning is proposed in this, in the proposal that's before you, from industrial or general industrial to the what's called the EX zone, which is a mixed-use, is a mixed-use zone that allows residential uses.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And you can see essentially the purple areas the purple areas on the map there, kind of east of the river in the central east side, are the existing EX or mixed-use zones.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And you can see the hatched purple area are the limited areas where industrial zoning is proposed to be changed from industrial to that mixed-use EX zone in this project.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>You can see that many of those changes really are focused on corridors and completing existing mixed-use corridors.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Thank you.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Corridors or completing, adding properties that are in transit station areas and are proximate to transit.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>In a couple of instances, particularly in the Lower Albina area, you can see the changes there are really supporting some restorative development projects that are planned for that area.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And you can see there is one area that has hatching that's in red, and that is a rezoning to— from industrial to the commercial, the central commercial zone, which is the red color that you see on the map, that is a site that's along the river on the east side in the Lower Albina area.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>That's where there's some plans to try to make a waterfront connection to the river from the neighborhood in the east of there.

1258
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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Next slide, please.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>There's, um, so those were the, the base zone changes.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Those were the extent of the base zone changes.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>There is one other base zone change which is in the Goose Hollow area.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>There are 2 blocks in the Goose Hollow area that are proposed to be changed from what is a multi-dwelling zone right now to that red central commercial zone.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And this is really to allow a wider range of uses.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Thank you.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>To be able to take place in that location.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Next slide, please.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>The proposal also includes— there are a few parcels that you can see on maps here where there is existing what we call the EX zoning, the Central Employment Zoning.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>That zone does allow a wide range of uses, everything from residential to industrial uses.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>In these parcels, they— the the plan, they're already zoned that central employment zone, but they have a prohibition on residential uses and this action would repeal that prohibition in these targeted areas.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Next slide, please.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>I mentioned the height.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>This proposal includes a number of locations, as you can see, all across the area on the map there where height is So that's the height that projects are eligible to use when they have provided inclusionary affordable units or some other public benefit.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Those height changes that you see there represent heights that increase from 100 to maybe 200 feet above what— 250 feet above what the allowable height is today.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>That represents a 10% increase.

1275
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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Councilor Smith.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Equates to about 10 to 20 stories.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>So significant, you know, we looked carefully to find areas where height could be increased significantly.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Additionally, as I mentioned previously, the Planning Commission did introduce another height option.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>We're just calling that Track 2 here for purposes of just to be able to describe the— or to delineate between the two.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And essentially what that unlimited height track what track 2 does is it allows projects to have unlimited height with some— if they meet some standards, as long as they are not within designated public view corridors, historic districts, or in some other limited areas within the central city.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Next slide.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>So just a little bit more about that unlimited height track 2.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>This— projects would be eligible to use this unlimited height Right.

1284
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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>If they are largely residential projects, and if they— if once they reach a height of 100 feet, they reduce their floor plates and narrow the towers to 12,500 square feet.

1285
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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>So the idea is to get tall but slender towers.

1286
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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Again, the site— Sites that are within designated public view corridors or historic districts are not eligible for this.

1287
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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And there are— the proposal introduces a shadow analysis requirement for projects that are within certain distance of residential areas outside of Central City or within certain distance of Tom McCall Park, as well as some requirements for shadow analysis when you're near open space, which is something that already exists in the code.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Next slide, please.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>So now I'm going to go into— quickly go into some of the code changes.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Those were map changes that we just talked about, and now we'll go into some of the code changes, the regulatory changes.

1291
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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Again, as a means to try to really create more flexibility in the zoning and to encourage reuse and occupancy in vacant retail and office space.

1292
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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>This project takes the 2 predominant zones that you have in the central city, the red areas, which is the central commercial CX zone, and the gray areas, which is the industrial, the general industrial zone, and essentially allows more uses within those areas, expands the allowable uses.

1293
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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>So in the gray areas that you see on the map, the general industrial, Yes.

1294
02:17:30.887 --> 02:17:39.752
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>The allowance, the code would allow more, an increase in the amount of retail sales and service uses.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And similarly, in the red areas, the code would remove limit— current limitations that exist on the size of manufacturing and production spaces so that those spaces will no longer have a size limitation and I, you know, hopefully that, that will allow a wider range of uses, light manufacturing uses, makerspaces, etc., to occupy vacant office spaces.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Next slide, please.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Another thing that this project focused on was looking at the places in the central city where ground floor residential uses or dwelling units are prohibited.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>The map that you see on the left is the map that is is in place today.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>All of those streets shown in green are places where residential units are not allowed on the ground floor currently.

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02:18:34.120 --> 02:18:48.293
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>The Housing Regulatory Relief Project, which I mentioned, which has temporarily suspended a hand— like a dozen code provisions, actually has waived this provision currently.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>But this is intended to be the permanent regulation.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>So you can see that the map on the right is the proposal, the proposal that removes a number of streets.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>It adds a couple of streets, but it basically reduces overall the number of streets where there's a ground floor prohibition on residential or dwelling units so that there can be dwelling units in more places in the central city.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Next slide.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>To go along with that, as we allow more residential units on the ground floor, there's standards that would accompany that, that would ensure that those units are built in such a manner that they are set back and/or stepped up from the sidewalk to create a sense of kind of privacy for the units, but also to do so in a manner that still kind of fronts the street and keeps keeps some engagement between the building and the street.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>So all of these provisions really are about designing the unit in such a way that they're livable for residents, but also are addressing the street appropriately in a downtown context.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Next slide, please.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Another of the provisions of this package include increasing by a ratio of 1 to 1 the allowable Yes.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Additional floor area for— as a bonus floor area for projects that provide family-sized units.

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02:20:20.777 --> 02:20:25.247
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>This is something that was identified as an action in the housing production strategy.

1311
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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And so this project fulfills that, which is to really try to create a pathway to encourage more family-sized units within the central city, which is not what was developed in the last sort of development wave.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>There were a lot of studio and 1-bedroom apartments.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Next slide, please.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Again, this package also includes a number of provisions that expand the range of visitor-serving uses that are allowed in Tom McCall Waterfront Park specifically.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>There are some provisions that apply to open space generally, but there are a number of provisions that apply specifically to Tom McCall Waterfront Park as well, expanding the range of uses The, the amount of retail sales and service, for example, that could be allowed in the park.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And it also allows for park and open area uses within the river setback.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>So it essentially both reduces the river setback and allows for a wider array of uses to exist within that river setback, all with the goal of trying to really kind of revitalize and activate the waterfront and the waterfront park.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Thank you.

1319
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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Next slide, please.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>There are provisions that— this, I think, falls into the category of some of those more miscellaneous provisions, but there are provisions that update the parking and food cart regulations, for example.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>So parking regulations, essentially we're trying to create a little bit more flexibility for surface parking on a temporary basis or in city-owned parking space— sorry, parking structures.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>But all of these parking provisions, the goal of these provisions is to create parking for workers and visitors, just to encourage people to come downtown, make sure that people who are working downtown have some options for parking, as well as visitors and people patronizing businesses and some of the cultural institutions in the central city.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Likewise, The food cart provisions essentially expand the areas where food carts are allowed from just parking lots to paved areas such as plazas and paved areas in parks.

1324
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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And these provisions, the food cart provisions, actually apply citywide.

1325
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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Next slide, please.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Additional amendments include amendments to the eco-roof requirements in Central City This was something that was part of the Housing Regulatory Relief Project.

1327
02:23:09.204 --> 02:23:17.869
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>This is essentially taking that temporary regulation, which allows a combination of solar panels and eco-roofs, and makes that permanent.

1328
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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And that differs from current regulation because current regulation really emphasizes the eco-roofs in the regulations.

1329
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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And I mentioned the—.

1330
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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Councilor Herbold.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>In the early part of the presentation about provisions that support some of the larger master plan and catalytic sites.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And so this is that provision where it would reduce the level of review for amendments to an approved central city plan in the event that such an amendment was needed.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>So that's just something to help support those projects.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And I think we're at the point in the presentation now where I just wanted to outline the technical amendments That, and there were sort of 2 sets of amendments that were published as part of the agenda.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>These technical amendments, and I'll go into them in a little more detail, but one clarifies the standards for the ground floor residential development standards, specifically the entryway or porch.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>We realized coming out of Planning Commission that the standard was not quite as clear as it could be.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And so that's a technical amendment to help bring that into greater alignment with what the Planning Commission intended to do.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And the second amendment is really to update a greenway inventory map, and I can talk about that a little bit more.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>So next slide, please.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>So you can see here the shaded language is the language that is being added to further clarify the intent related to those ground floor residential units and how they're designed, how the porches are designed, and, you know, the fact that there is an entrance required for each unit from the street.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Next slide, please.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And this is just a continuation of that.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>There are 2 options you'll see because one relates to— I'm sorry, if you could flip back for a second, Rachel.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>One relates one relates to when units are essentially raised above the ground floor and the rules associated with that, and they mirror each other.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And the second option, next slide, is just slight modifications to that, but how the rules apply if you are stepped above the sidewalk level so that you have a bit of a raised entrance from the sidewalk.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Thank you.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Next slide, please.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>This is the second of the 2 technical amendments that essentially updates the greenway inventory map.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>So it updates this map that shows where the natural resources are in Tom McCall Park and shows the more limited resources that are along the seawall.

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02:26:09.422 --> 02:26:22.206
<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And this just is updating a map that already corresponds with An action that's part of this project, which is to adjust the boundaries of the river environmental zone in this project.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And this is all part of the package of Tom McCall Park amendments that are proposed.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>This is the amendment, Green 1 Amendment.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And this is a proposal to essentially for the unlimited height track, The proposal that's before council currently, if we could flip to the next slide.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Thank you.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>It does— you'll see that there's some language stricken.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>So the language that's stricken is essentially much of this mirrors the shadow analysis requirements of the base and bonus.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And we were just trying to import some of those concepts to the unlimited height track.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>We did add The, the stricken language was an addition specifically for the unlimited height track that required a shadow analysis for projects that are within a certain distance, again, of residentially zoned areas outside of Central City and Tom McCall Park.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>In those 2 instances, there were not the same objective standards for what constitutes a shadow impact.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Okay.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>In those cases, it was more generalized, and it was— it basically just said that the body that is reviewing the project would make a determination about the significance of that, of the impact of that shadow.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>For a variety of reasons, I think Councilor Green was interested in— there was some testimony, I should say, about a concern about that shadow analysis and not having that objective standard.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Right.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And so staff evaluated that further and determined that because of the other requirements for that unlimited height track, namely that the floor plate gets significantly reduced above the 100-foot level, and the result would be these small slender towers, that we didn't need to have the shadow analysis requirement.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>So So the proposal here as part of this amendment is to strike out that, that additional requirement for shadow analysis that was added as a part of this project.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And I think that we're at the point now where we can invite our commissioner— thank you so much, Commissioner Thompson— to provide an overview of the Planning Commission's recommendation.

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<v Erica Thompson>Hello again, Erica Thompson, representing today the Planning Commission for the Central City Code Amendments Project.

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<v Erica Thompson>Which the commission voted unanimously to recommend to you at our July 14th hearing.

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<v Erica Thompson>I'm gonna abridge some of my comments because I know that there's a lot to get to, but suffice to say that this is a really multifaceted project that the commission believes will support housing production and economic development in the central city where housing production has been most challenged and yet where we really need it most for the city's recovery.

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<v Erica Thompson>Thank you.

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<v Erica Thompson>The rezoning, the removal of housing prohibitions, unlimited building heights in some areas, more flexible development standards, development bonuses for multi-bedroom units.

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<v Erica Thompson>We believe that all of these will create a more supportive environment for housing production.

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<v Erica Thompson>The—.

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<v Erica Thompson>As Patricia mentioned, we heard from 11 individuals.

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<v Erica Thompson>In person and reviewed 42 pieces of written testimony.

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<v Erica Thompson>I would, I would like to reassure Councilor Zimmerman that this was definitely not a rubber stamp at Planning Commission, as the projects before us never are.

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<v Erica Thompson>We did have, I think, deep and thoughtful deliberations about most, if not all, of the testimony.

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<v Raymond C. Lee>Thank you.

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<v Unidentified speaker>Okay.

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<v Erica Thompson>...Themes that Patricia shared on that slide.

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<v Erica Thompson>I'm just going to highlight a couple of the bigger discussion areas and then happy to answer questions or get into more details that make sense.

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<v Erica Thompson>The ground floor dwelling unit standards in the Central City, this is something that we heard testimony on, including from the Design Commission, and ultimately recommended that ground floor dwelling units have at least one entrance on the street-facing facade, and include a setback for a space like a porch or a patio.

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<v Erica Thompson>The commission agreed six-two on those measures that they're critical elements for maintaining a vibrant, active urban realm as we allow more ground floor housing into the central city, and also create a sense of safety through eyes on the street.

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<v Erica Thompson>And then after the commission's recommendation, Patricia already described the additional minor technical amendment that is.

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<v Erica Thompson>Needed to go along with that.

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<v Erica Thompson>The commission has reviewed and supports that technical amendment, by the way.

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<v Erica Thompson>The unlimited height allowance, this was another area of pretty significant deliberation.

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<v Erica Thompson>I mean, I think there were some thoughts about the financial feasibility and viability of these super tall slender towers, but that was ultimately outweighed, again, 6 to 2, with a vote that felt that unlocking anything that we can do to provide more flexibility for housing production is ultimately of value.

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<v Erica Thompson>We also reviewed a proposal to further decrease the river setback to 15 feet in Tom McCall Waterfront Park.

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<v Erica Thompson>The setback is currently 50.

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<v Erica Thompson>In the proposed draft, it was 25.

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<v Erica Thompson>After deliberating that and hearing testimony, we felt that it was most prudent to stick with the original proposal of the 25-foot setback.

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<v Erica Thompson>The last thing that I wanted to touch on quickly, we did hear pretty significant testimony, and I suspect you probably there was a lot of discussion about potentially going further with zoning changes from the IG-1 to EX.

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<v Erica Thompson>Ultimately, the Planning Commission decided to not recommend more sites for rezoning than the ones that were originally proposed by staff.

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<v Erica Thompson>And I think that the real driver there and the reasoning for that is the larger economic opportunity analysis context, which I believe should be forthcoming in the next couple of months for you all.

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<v Erica Thompson>But that overarching goal of preserving industrial lands in our city, the calculations, the considerations that went into the EOA for how much we have and where that exists, it felt like we were starting to pull at something that we might not fully understand to get into broader rezoning in that Central Eastside area.

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<v Erica Thompson>Thank you.

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<v Erica Thompson>Yeah, so I will stop it there.

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<v Erica Thompson>I think those are some of the highlights, but again, happy to answer any questions.

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<v Erica Thompson>Thank you.

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<v Unidentified speaker>Thank you.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>So colleagues, couple of programming notes.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>You'll note that it is currently noon.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>I appreciate you both introducing the technical and the Green 1 amendments.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Those are introduced for the purposes of public testimony, but we're not moving them right now.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Colleagues, I want to tell you that I am going to get us through testimony or technical and clarifying questions and testimony.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>We are going to continue the remainder of council deliberations until 4 o'clock.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Tomorrow so that we can get through all this and get to some must-do stuff that is on our agenda.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Additionally, I have extended this meeting until 1 o'clock.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>So, Councilor Zimmerman, for technical or clarifying questions?

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<v Jamie Dunphy>No?

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Okay.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Councilor Novick, technical or clarifying?

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<v Donnie Oliveira>Mr. President, I'll let you decide whether this is technical or clarifying.

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<v Sameer Kanal>Well, actually, this one definitely is.

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<v Sameer Kanal>Ms.

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<v Sameer Kanal>Thompson, do I take you to be saying that you think that the Central Eastside Industrial Council suggestions Part of your reluctance was you thought we should wait until we get the economic opportunity analysis before considering them?

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<v Erica Thompson>I mean, maybe Patricia will want to jump in here a little bit, but there are some fairly nuanced calculations that go into the EOA about the repository of industrial lands that we have.

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<v Erica Thompson>And while we— the EOA outlines a plan that is in alignment with that, that does not account for or include bigger sections of the Central Eastside being rezoned in that way.

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<v Erica Thompson>I think that it's— this is me speaking personally now, not necessarily as the whole Commission— a very worthy topic to consider.

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<v Unidentified speaker>But it again felt like it was a little bit maybe cart before the horse or something that we weren't gonna be able to fully resolve in that space as the EOA is already moving forward.

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<v Sameer Kanal>Okay, and this is the question I'm not sure really is technical or clarifying.

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<v Sameer Kanal>I'm looking at one of the CIC's proposals, which is to go to EX on basically Hawthorne and Madison between 6th and 12th.

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<v Sameer Kanal>And there's a list of the current uses, and out of 46 buildings, that 6 are manufacturing and production.

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<v Sameer Kanal>And then there's a reference in a memo that I think the staff did on July 8th too.

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<v Sameer Kanal>We want to preserve family wage jobs.

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<v Sameer Kanal>So at some point, maybe not now, I'd like to hear a discussion of like, do Are wholesale sales jobs family wage jobs?

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<v Sameer Kanal>Are industrial services family wage jobs, et cetera?

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<v Sameer Kanal>Just sort of, I kind of assume that manufacturing production are family wage jobs, even though that might not be true.

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<v Sameer Kanal>But at some point, it's sort of like going through, are the kind of uses here really family wage jobs we should be going out of our way to protect at the expense of flexibility?

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Do you have an answer?

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>Yeah, I would, I would maybe say that's kind of a larger question to answer, but, um, you know, those different uses, they're part of an ecosystem that supports both other industrial businesses and, and commercial businesses.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And so, um, it is a policy of the Central City 2035 Plan and the comprehensive plan to preserve industrial areas and to preserve them for industrial jobs, which are generally higher-paying jobs.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And I do have some information about the average salaries in different sectors within the Central East Side that I can share when it's appropriate.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>So I think the predominant thing was because this project was not intended to be a wholesale— a major policy change, was not intended to be A wholesale update of this plan.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>The targeted industrial changes were very strategic, and they were quite limited in geography.

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>And the request on the part of the CIC represented a much bigger area and a much bigger departure from that existing policy, and really felt not to be in the scope of this project.

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<v Raymond C. Lee>Thank you.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you, Councilor Novick.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Councilor Pirtle-Guiney.

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<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Council President, I have a number of questions that can absolutely wait until after public testimony, but I just want to clarify that your intent is to make sure that we have staff available to ask questions tomorrow.

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<v Unidentified speaker>Is that correct?

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<v Jamie Dunphy>That is my intent, absolutely.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you, Councilor Pirtle-Guiney.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Keelan, can we move to public testimony, please?

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<v Patricia Diefenderfer>I'm just going to leave my computer here.

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<v Keelan McClymont>Okay, our first panel includes Serena Ashby, Chandra Robinson, Kevin Volk, Jana Varner, Bradley Clover.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Come on down, folks.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Make sure to introduce yourself for the record.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>You're welcome to share your pronouns.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>3 Minutes.

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<v Serena Boston Ashby>Good afternoon.

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<v Serena Boston Ashby>My name is Serena Boston Ashby, for the record, and I spell That's C-Y-R-E-E-N-A, and I use she/her pronouns.

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<v Serena Boston Ashby>Today I'm here in my stead as the Vice President of External Affairs at the 1803 Fund located in District 2.

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<v Serena Boston Ashby>On behalf of 1803 CEO Rekia Adams, our board and staff, and the community of Albina, I extend our gratitude to President Dunphy and our great councilors of District 2, Councilors Ryan, Kanal, and Pirtle-Guiney, and to the entire City Council.

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<v Serena Boston Ashby>Thank you again and good afternoon as well.

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<v Serena Boston Ashby>Thank you for this important agenda item of the Central Code— Central City Code Amendments Project the CCAP, as staff is presented, the CCAP updates the Portland zoning code and map, and incentivizes affordable housing development and supports economic revitalization across the city's central neighborhoods.

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<v Serena Boston Ashby>And that would include Albina, the historic and present heart of the Black community of Portland.

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02:39:09.180 --> 02:39:13.554
<v Serena Boston Ashby>1803 Is a capital investor that deploys a $400 million fund.

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<v Serena Boston Ashby>With our capital, we invest.

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<v Serena Boston Ashby>In and for Black Portland in an area that has most recently been recognized by the Portland City Council as pivotal to the health, viability, and prosperity of Portland.

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<v Serena Boston Ashby>That area, of course, is Albina, and Albina is 1803's focus.

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<v Serena Boston Ashby>To date, 1803 has invested nearly $100 million in grants and financing to Albina-based organizations such as Albina Vision Trust, Williams and Russell CDC, and even the Portland Housing Center.

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<v Serena Boston Ashby>These organizations are critical partners to 1803's work, and 1803 has capacitated their affordable housing, which 1803 is also investing for Portland through our own real estate developments.

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<v Serena Boston Ashby>1803's 2 projects are the Albina Riverside, once known as the Louis Dreyfus Grain Silos, and our other project, the Low End.

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<v Serena Boston Ashby>Both projects will benefit from the CCAP.

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<v Serena Boston Ashby>To explain as briefly as possible, these projects are currently under pre-development, and these 2 projects cannot accomplish 1803's goal of a rooted and prosperous Black Portland without these zone amendments.

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<v Unidentified speaker>Councilmember Herbold.

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<v Serena Boston Ashby>Our intention is to develop each site with more modern commerce, amenities, and safe designs to be of benefit to Albina and accessible to all of Portland.

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<v Serena Boston Ashby>With these zone amendments, 1803's projects could evolve infrastructures with safer and more environmentally sound structures that will galvanize neighborhood living and tourism and stabilize local residents alike, including restoring safe and celebratory physical access to the Willamette River from the east side.

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<v Serena Boston Ashby>Thank you.

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<v Serena Boston Ashby>We will sustain current businesses and support new businesses and create partnerships that will benefit Black Portland and the greater Portland area.

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<v Serena Boston Ashby>Furthermore, through these zone changes, our projects will create sustainable jobs to employ the current and future labor forces of the city.

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<v Serena Boston Ashby>In short, the CC-CAP is a win for the community of Albina and will enable 1803's prosperous developments.

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<v Serena Boston Ashby>Very quickly, what may seem like bureaucratic code and land use terms are actually literal mechanisms to ensure that real people, the people of Albina, are able to receive and enjoy a built environment that they deserve.

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<v Serena Boston Ashby>In closing, on behalf of the many, the many diverse residents of the zip code 97227, District 2, and the heart of Albina, including Black Portlanders, we thank you for your consideration and support of the CC-CAP.

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<v Keelan McClymont>Thank you.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you very much.

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<v Unidentified speaker>You go next.

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<v Sameer Kanal>Oh, I'm sorry, I thought the round of, uh, testifiers all came up together.

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<v Sameer Kanal>Hi, I'm Bradley Clover.

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<v Sameer Kanal>Uh, sorry to cut in line.

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<v Sameer Kanal>Um, I'm here today asking you to please vote yes on, uh, the proposed draft along with Amendment Green 1.

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<v Sameer Kanal>Uh, this proposal comes before you at a moment when permitting activity in the center of an almost 2 million person metro region this should set off alarms.

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<v Sameer Kanal>And while this proposal is not on its own an adequate response, and frankly, BPS lacked any sense of ambition with this project, it does still contain some important reforms that will meaningfully reduce barriers to construction.

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<v Sameer Kanal>In particular, the proposed unlimited height option that the Planning Commission added in is a landmark reform that goes a long way toward teeing up the central city for the next generation of development.

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<v Sameer Kanal>Thank you.

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<v Sameer Kanal>This proposal helps and warrants your support, but there remain major barriers that are holding up residential construction in the central city.

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<v Sameer Kanal>More than anything, I am here asking you today to prepare for the next step after this.

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<v Sameer Kanal>Among the most urgent barriers that are holding up construction are building code rules that contribute to making high-rise residential uneconomical to build.

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<v Dan Ryan>Councilmember Smith.

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<v Sameer Kanal>One of the clearest examples is that builders in Portland cannot use space-saving interlocking stairs, which is a proven technique used in Vancouver and New York City for decades that is unavailable here.

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<v Sameer Kanal>Portland has the capacity to draw on the lessons and best practices of our peer jurisdictions, both within the United States and abroad, but to do so needs a directive from council.

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<v Sameer Kanal>Oregon's building code is uniform, Statewide, but a city may adopt different requirements if the state's building code director authorizes it.

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<v Sameer Kanal>And state statute directs that director to encourage experimentation and innovation and cost-effectiveness by municipalities.

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<v Sameer Kanal>Portland cannot rewrite the building code unilaterally, but it's the only city in Oregon with a high-rise downtown.

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<v Sameer Kanal>If Portland does not take the initiative, no other city will, and neither will the state.

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<v Sameer Kanal>Thank you.

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<v Sameer Kanal>Please pass this project with Amendment Green 1 and then take on the next set of barriers holding up housing production in our central city.

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<v Sameer Kanal>Thank you.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you very much.

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<v Chandra Robinson>Hi, my name is Chandra Robinson.

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<v Chandra Robinson>I am a resident of District 2.

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02:44:06.130 --> 02:44:06.986
<v Chandra Robinson>I grew up in Portland.

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<v Chandra Robinson>I'm a small business owner.

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<v Chandra Robinson>I'm an architect, and I'm here today in my capacity as chair of the Portland Design Commission.

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<v Chandra Robinson>And I'd like to read into the record the letter that we sent as part of our testimony to City Council about the CCCAP.

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<v Chandra Robinson>So the Design Commission commends the effort and intent of the proposed Central City Code amendments.

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<v Chandra Robinson>The commission supports these amendments as a meaningful step toward addressing Central City housing needs and economic recovery, including the introduction of ground floor residential units.

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<v Chandra Robinson>The commission is enthusiastic about the amendments broadly and provides the following 2 comments.

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<v Chandra Robinson>Thank you.

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<v Chandra Robinson>Unlimited heights in parts of Central City with design review approval.

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<v Chandra Robinson>So we are definitely— think that unlimited heights are great, but more clarity needs to be provided on what constitutes a significant negative impact.

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<v Chandra Robinson>Ms. Dievendorfer was talking about that earlier.

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<v Chandra Robinson>The significant negative impact of shadows from a proposed building on adjacent residential zone or open space.

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<v Chandra Robinson>For example, is it significant on the number or type of units that are impacted?

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02:45:08.879 --> 02:45:15.621
<v Chandra Robinson>If it's a single-family home, if it's an apartment building, If it's a park, is it about the total area that's impacted?

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02:45:15.735 --> 02:45:17.105
<v Chandra Robinson>Is it about the outdoor space?

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<v Chandra Robinson>Because there are provisions in subsection 33-510-210 and that include example language where the zoning code offers qualitative criteria instead of just saying significant impact.

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<v Chandra Robinson>Also, more clarity about what happens with the cumulative effect of shadows from multiple buildings overlapping the same residential zone.

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<v Chandra Robinson>Or the same open space area.

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<v Chandra Robinson>For example, the first building results in a shadow and the subsequent buildings then increase the amount of shadow on the residential zone or open area.

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<v Chandra Robinson>So are we evaluating the combined shadow impacts from all buildings onto a residential zone or open space?

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<v Chandra Robinson>In terms of ground floor residential, these amended new development standards will contribute to Central City vitality and increase the livability of ground floor units.

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<v Chandra Robinson>Central City is a different environment for street-level residential in terms of privacy, personal safety, and the need for an It's different than our— than other urban neighborhoods.

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<v Chandra Robinson>And we appreciate the Planning Commission's thoughtfulness in amending these standards as recommended by the Design Commission.

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<v Chandra Robinson>I want to add that having looked at the amendment by Councilor Green, it's really not necessary to eliminate the shadow study because a shadow study is about a 10-minute endeavor.

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<v Chandra Robinson>It's a tool in all 3D modeling programs.

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<v Unidentified speaker>Thank you.

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<v Raymond C. Lee>Yes.

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<v Chandra Robinson>That all buildings are designed with.

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<v Chandra Robinson>And essentially it just shows you what the impact is, and there is no harm in showing you what the impact is.

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<v Chandra Robinson>And again, it goes back to the cumulative impact of a lot of different buildings.

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<v Chandra Robinson>All you have to do is twist the building a little bit and then potentially the shadow impact is lessened.

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<v Chandra Robinson>So having more information about how these buildings impact the open space or residential areas is important.

1538
02:46:59.983 --> 02:47:09.584
<v Chandra Robinson>You can still have unlimited height, tweak the building a little bit, Thank you very much.

1539
02:47:11.773 --> 02:47:12.691
<v Keelan McClymont>Kevin.

1540
02:47:14.897 --> 02:47:15.188
<v Jamie Dunphy>Hi there.

1541
02:47:15.719 --> 02:47:17.153
<v Unidentified speaker>Good afternoon, councilors.

1542
02:47:17.345 --> 02:47:17.925
<v Kevin Volk>Thanks for having me.

1543
02:47:17.989 --> 02:47:18.827
<v Kevin Volk>My name is Kevin Volk.

1544
02:47:18.876 --> 02:47:20.245
<v Kevin Volk>I'm a partner at Holst Architecture.

1545
02:47:21.036 --> 02:47:28.272
<v Kevin Volk>And today I'm speaking on behalf of Volunteers of America, who own property at 200 Southeast 7th Avenue on the Central East Side.

1546
02:47:28.450 --> 02:47:41.193
<v Kevin Volk>Which is located in the IG-1 island, located between Ankeny, Washington 6th and 8th, just south of— or excuse me, just west of Sandy Boulevard.

1547
02:47:41.307 --> 02:47:48.218
<v Kevin Volk>I've worked in the Central Eastside for the last 30 years at Holst, 20 of that being right in the middle of this IG-1 zone.

1548
02:47:50.150 --> 02:47:57.799
<v Kevin Volk>I asked the City Council today to include the VOA block as well as the rest of that I'm going to move that.

1549
02:47:57.799 --> 02:47:57.799
<v Kevin Volk>Second.

1550
02:47:57.799 --> 02:47:57.799
<v Kevin Volk>Second.

1551
02:47:57.799 --> 02:47:57.799
<v Kevin Volk>Second.

1552
02:47:57.799 --> 02:48:06.840
<v Kevin Volk>Councilmember Sawant, I have a motion to approve the ordinance to approve the rezoning of 2 parcels at IG-1 Island and the changes for the EX zoning as part of the CC-SAP project— or CC-CAP project, excuse me.

1553
02:48:06.840 --> 02:48:21.079
<v Kevin Volk>The site is a full city block with 4 street frontages, and although the property is zoned IG-1, it's most recently been used for VOA's women's residential program and its child care program under a conditional use for the last 30 to 40 years.

1554
02:48:21.686 --> 02:48:31.191
<v Kevin Volk>Um, BOA is looking to move their campus to the east side of town and are looking to— for redevelopment opportunities for that site.

1555
02:48:32.362 --> 02:48:49.108
<v Kevin Volk>There is very little to no industrial use in those islands, and I ask that council and staff consider more specifically those 2 pieces of zoned property within, uh, within these changes.

1556
02:48:49.236 --> 02:48:51.899
<v Kevin Volk>It's an opportunity to look at the at the bigger picture.

1557
02:48:52.284 --> 02:48:57.751
<v Kevin Volk>There's a couple reasons I think that the EX zone is right for the— for this area.

1558
02:48:57.815 --> 02:49:07.626
<v Kevin Volk>Obviously, it's surrounded currently by EX zone, and so that would continue that zoning along with the amendment that is proposing some changes now.

1559
02:49:08.636 --> 02:49:10.832
<v Kevin Volk>It's obviously consistent with the city's direction.

1560
02:49:11.922 --> 02:49:15.095
<v Kevin Volk>It's still an employment zone, still allow industrial uses.

1561
02:49:16.170 --> 02:49:20.486
<v Kevin Volk>The design overlay means redevelopment must meet some standards in the district.

1562
02:49:24.840 --> 02:49:28.614
<v Kevin Volk>That area, as I said, I've been in that area for the last 30 years.

1563
02:49:29.514 --> 02:49:34.920
<v Kevin Volk>Outside of the zones that— or the areas that have been rezoned to EXD, there's been little to no development.

1564
02:49:35.504 --> 02:49:41.123
<v Kevin Volk>And that makes for some pretty blight areas between the EX zones now.

1565
02:49:41.351 --> 02:49:50.433
<v Kevin Volk>And so We ask that you take this opportunity to look at this in the bigger picture along with the rest of the IG-1 zone for redevelopment.

1566
02:49:50.690 --> 02:50:02.667
<v Kevin Volk>We understand the concerns about preserving the industrial nature of the area, but I, I think that can be balanced with additional uses for some of these properties.

1567
02:50:02.924 --> 02:50:04.483
<v Kevin Volk>So thank you very much for your time.

1568
02:50:05.766 --> 02:50:06.104
<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you.

1569
02:50:14.766 --> 02:50:15.440
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Good afternoon.

1570
02:50:15.968 --> 02:50:17.075
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>My name is Janet Varner.

1571
02:50:17.236 --> 02:50:24.324
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>I'm the COO for VOA Oregon, and I concur with Kevin Vock's comments regarding development in the area he just described.

1572
02:50:24.933 --> 02:50:38.310
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>VOA Oregon placed this property for sale on July 17th, 2025, with the intent for the proceeds to support our vision for growth and new facilities to address the addiction and behavioral health crisis in our community.

1573
02:50:39.305 --> 02:50:50.040
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>In the last 14 months, we've had numerous inquiries on the property, and our real estate team, Apex Real Estate Partners, prepared a letter that was sent to the council regarding the experience.

1574
02:50:50.699 --> 02:50:57.134
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>In the letter, the following is stated: the property has been extensively marketed proactively since it was placed.

1575
02:50:57.663 --> 02:51:01.674
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>The property has not received a single purchase offer despite market pricing.

1576
02:51:01.722 --> 02:51:01.818
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Thank you.

1577
02:51:02.894 --> 02:51:16.925
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>The strongest interest has generally come from childcare and educated relate— education-related users, retail-oriented users, and short-term shelter operators, rather than the traditional industrial occupants.

1578
02:51:17.824 --> 02:51:22.827
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Additionally, the property has problems with open drug use and camping on a regular basis.

1579
02:51:23.421 --> 02:51:26.501
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Persistent challenges exist immediately surrounding the site.

1580
02:51:27.415 --> 02:51:33.412
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Over 20 tours of the site have been hosted, and on only one visit was the block free of tents or campers.

1581
02:51:34.325 --> 02:51:47.335
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>We have encountered aggressive behavior on multiple occasions, observed as many as 7 tents along the sidewalk on the block, and have seen clear impacts associated with the lack of public restroom facilities in the area.

1582
02:51:48.762 --> 02:51:51.599
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Selling this resource is critical for VOA Oregon.

1583
02:51:52.255 --> 02:51:56.662
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>I believe that our chances of doing so increase by rezoning the site to EX.

1584
02:51:57.382 --> 02:51:58.552
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Thank you very much for your consideration.

1585
02:51:58.601 --> 02:51:58.697
<v Unidentified speaker>Thank you.

1586
02:51:59.627 --> 02:51:59.948
<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you.

1587
02:52:04.691 --> 02:52:12.831
<v Keelan McClymont>Next up we have Brad Molson, Jordan Winkler, Will Short, Gerald Powell, Renee Morgan.

1588
02:52:15.970 --> 02:52:17.942
<v Jamie Dunphy>Any of those folks are in the room, you're welcome to come down to the dais.

1589
02:52:19.328 --> 02:52:20.148
<v Jamie Dunphy>Don't have to do it one by one.

1590
02:52:28.012 --> 02:52:28.279
<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you.

1591
02:52:28.447 --> 02:52:28.948
<v Jamie Dunphy>Kick us off.

1592
02:52:30.545 --> 02:52:30.899
<v Unidentified speaker>Thanks.

1593
02:52:31.061 --> 02:52:32.288
<v Jordan Winkler>Hi, I'm Jordan Winkler.

1594
02:52:32.352 --> 02:52:33.933
<v Jordan Winkler>I'm with Winkler Development Corporation.

1595
02:52:33.981 --> 02:52:41.841
<v Jordan Winkler>We're a local, multi-generational, family-owned and operated real estate investment and development company with more than 40 years of history in Portland.

1596
02:52:41.906 --> 02:52:49.025
<v Jordan Winkler>I just wanted to express my support generally for this project, express my support for the CEIC proposal.

1597
02:52:49.074 --> 02:52:59.442
<v Jordan Winkler>There's just a sort of further economic study about the idea of a broader rezoning in this area from IG-1 to sort of EX, that would allow housing and other mixed-use developments.

1598
02:53:00.645 --> 02:53:15.882
<v Jordan Winkler>And I want to respectfully request that the property located at 1019 Southeast 10th Avenue be given an EX zone, as you know, as part of this project, similar to what an adjacent property has been given and similar to what other nearby, very nearby properties are being given as part of this project.

1599
02:53:17.068 --> 02:53:18.558
<v Jordan Winkler>This property is currently IG-1.

1600
02:53:19.458 --> 02:53:27.944
<v Jordan Winkler>But that designation no longer reflects the evolving character of the surrounding area or the property's strong potential to contribute to the city's housing and urban development goals.

1601
02:53:28.939 --> 02:53:44.228
<v Jordan Winkler>This is exactly the type of site the Central City Code Amendment Project is intended to activate— a centrally located full block with immediate access to services, infrastructure, transit, employment areas, walkable amenities, and very importantly, the ability to deliver housing at scale.

1602
02:53:44.277 --> 02:53:44.388
<v Jordan Winkler>Thank you.

1603
02:53:46.573 --> 02:53:51.694
<v Jordan Winkler>The surrounding area already functions as a walkable mixed-use environment ideal for residential living.

1604
02:53:52.352 --> 02:54:03.287
<v Jordan Winkler>The GOAT Block's Market of Choice grocery is located across the street, and some of Portland's most celebrated restaurants, as well as entertainment venues, transit, and bike infrastructure, are all within an easy walking distance.

1605
02:54:04.411 --> 02:54:10.046
<v Jordan Winkler>Moreover, the success of the nearby mixed-use residential developments clearly demonstrates strong demand for housing in this area.

1606
02:54:10.110 --> 02:54:10.415
<v Jordan Winkler>Councilmember Herbold.

1607
02:54:11.248 --> 02:54:19.726
<v Jordan Winkler>The GOAT Blocks project includes 349 residential units, and there are more than 1,000 housing units within roughly a quarter mile of the property.

1608
02:54:20.702 --> 02:54:30.382
<v Jordan Winkler>Additional housing here would reinforce this successful pattern, help address Portland's housing crisis, and support existing businesses by increasing the customer base within a walking distance.

1609
02:54:31.745 --> 02:54:39.286
<v Jordan Winkler>Maintaining an industrial sanctuary designation on this property is increasingly incompatible with the area's evolution into a walkable mixed-use district.

1610
02:54:39.752 --> 02:54:55.850
<v Jordan Winkler>Reflecting that shift, the adjacent industrial zone properties to this one already include many non-industrial uses such as an art studio, a gym, a florist, a pub, event spaces, and much of the remaining nearby truly industrial space is today vacant or very underutilized.

1611
02:54:57.899 --> 02:55:20.244
<v Jordan Winkler>Further, the mismatch between the property's existing industrial use and the neighborhood's active residential Uh, the property's loading docks, you know, literally across the street from Yum Hill Alley, where their neighborhood events are hosted, where Hopscotch Portland draws families and children, and, and that's potentially dangerous.

1612
02:55:20.421 --> 02:55:20.693
<v Jordan Winkler>Yeah.

1613
02:55:21.015 --> 02:55:28.254
<v Unidentified speaker>In short, this is a rare opportunity to thoughtfully rezone a centrally located full city block that has become progressively less suited for industrial use.

1614
02:55:28.304 --> 02:55:28.602
<v Jordan Winkler>Councilmember Herbold.

1615
02:55:32.122 --> 02:55:36.697
<v Unidentified speaker>As a local Portland company that cares— oh, thank you.

1616
02:55:37.599 --> 02:55:38.194
<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you very much.

1617
02:55:42.670 --> 02:55:43.101
<v Jamie Dunphy>Jump on in.

1618
02:55:44.906 --> 02:55:49.256
<v Jerry Powell>Hi, um, I'm Jerry Powell.

1619
02:55:49.450 --> 02:55:54.125
<v Jerry Powell>Uh, I'm representing the Goose Hollow neighborhood as well as myself.

1620
02:55:55.041 --> 02:56:08.360
<v Jerry Powell>I'm a director of the Goose Hollow Foothills League Neighborhood Association and incidentally its neighborhood planning director or chair.

1621
02:56:10.819 --> 02:56:19.754
<v Jerry Powell>Our neighborhood board initially had some real reservations about several proposals that are included in this omnibus amendment.

1622
02:56:21.300 --> 02:56:23.968
<v Jerry Powell>Um, staff has worked with us.

1623
02:56:24.272 --> 02:56:27.614
<v Jerry Powell>Uh, we've resolved most of that.

1624
02:56:28.691 --> 02:56:46.667
<v Jerry Powell>Uh, one of the big reservations that, that I'm sure everyone would, would have a question about is, yeah, this neighborhood that has contested, uh, development proposals, uh, with the Multnomah Club, uh, over the past 15 years.

1625
02:56:48.638 --> 02:56:55.292
<v Jerry Powell>What do we think about Block 7 being rezoned to CX?

1626
02:56:56.775 --> 02:56:58.227
<v Jerry Powell>You know, it works.

1627
02:56:59.096 --> 02:57:12.268
<v Jerry Powell>Um, the Multnomah Club has represented to the neighborhood that, uh, what it has in mind is, is in character with the neighborhood and in scale with the neighborhood.

1628
02:57:13.102 --> 02:57:20.127
<v Jerry Powell>That's something we have not had any angling of before, and we're delighted.

1629
02:57:24.916 --> 02:57:38.838
<v Jerry Powell>Of the things that, that we had questions about, one actually didn't come about as a, as a question mark until we started digging around in the, in the weeds of what happens with the view corridors.

1630
02:57:41.667 --> 02:57:46.206
<v Jerry Powell>We're kind of protected— protective of those, uh, little things.

1631
02:57:46.462 --> 02:57:48.227
<v Jerry Powell>They're, they're a public asset.

1632
02:57:48.708 --> 02:57:53.182
<v Jerry Powell>They are specifically public view corridors.

1633
02:57:54.320 --> 02:58:03.685
<v Jerry Powell>They're not for privatization by someone that wishes to have great views from, from the upper floors of their condo or apartment house.

1634
02:58:03.911 --> 02:58:18.302
<v Jerry Powell>Councilor The height limit regulation proposed, uh, proposes unlimited heights excepting in a view corridor.

1635
02:58:18.755 --> 02:58:39.504
<v Jerry Powell>Well, now that's fine as far as it goes, yet the, the purpose of the view corridor was to give people a context to not just the thing that they're objecting out there, the city, or the mountain, but the city.

1636
02:58:40.426 --> 02:58:46.569
<v Jerry Powell>So what happens when you have unlimited height next to a protected view corridor?

1637
02:58:47.539 --> 02:58:48.622
<v Jerry Powell>You're looking through a keyhole.

1638
02:58:49.496 --> 02:58:54.671
<v Jerry Powell>That's not what the purpose of the regulation was.

1639
02:58:55.271 --> 02:58:55.692
<v Jerry Powell>Thank you.

1640
02:58:56.163 --> 02:58:56.665
<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you very much.

1641
02:58:59.152 --> 02:59:00.735
<v Keelan McClymont>Renee is joining us online.

1642
02:59:00.882 --> 02:59:01.426
<v Jerry Powell>Are there questions?

1643
02:59:04.190 --> 02:59:06.050
<v Jerry Powell>Uh, will this record remain open?

1644
02:59:07.281 --> 02:59:09.645
<v Jamie Dunphy>Uh, no, the record will not be remaining open after today.

1645
02:59:10.113 --> 02:59:11.586
<v Jerry Powell>I'd like to request that it do so.

1646
02:59:13.283 --> 02:59:13.496
<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you.

1647
02:59:15.327 --> 02:59:16.489
<v Keelan McClymont>Renee, you're muted.

1648
02:59:24.185 --> 02:59:25.069
<v Keelan McClymont>Renee, can you hear us?

1649
02:59:30.995 --> 02:59:31.867
<v Keelan McClymont>I see you're unmuted.

1650
02:59:32.448 --> 02:59:34.835
<v Keelan McClymont>Can you, can you hear us?

1651
02:59:39.227 --> 02:59:40.194
<v Keelan McClymont>I'm not sure what's happening.

1652
02:59:40.405 --> 02:59:41.584
<v Keelan McClymont>Oh, we can hear you, Renee.

1653
02:59:42.423 --> 02:59:43.295
<v Keelan McClymont>Oh, I'm sorry.

1654
02:59:44.602 --> 02:59:45.716
<v Keelan McClymont>Um, shall I begin?

1655
02:59:46.338 --> 02:59:46.897
<v Jamie Dunphy>Yes, go ahead.

1656
02:59:47.587 --> 02:59:47.997
<v Keelan McClymont>Thank you.

1657
02:59:48.656 --> 02:59:50.036
<v Keelan McClymont>Uh, my name is Renee Morgan.

1658
02:59:50.316 --> 02:59:52.864
<v Keelan McClymont>Good afternoon, Council President and City Councilors.

1659
02:59:53.057 --> 02:59:58.636
<v Keelan McClymont>Thank you for this opportunity for public comment on the Central City Code Amendment proposal.

1660
02:59:59.406 --> 03:00:15.516
<v Keelan McClymont>I'm speaking today on behalf of Willamette and Columbia River floating home communities and marinas, including Waterfront Organizations of Oregon, to share our concerns about the impacts of the amendment's river review requirements for dredging.

1661
03:00:15.581 --> 03:00:15.676
<v Keelan McClymont>Thank you.

1662
03:00:15.981 --> 03:00:16.591
<v Keelan McClymont>Projects.

1663
03:00:17.424 --> 03:00:22.871
<v Keelan McClymont>We applaud the Planning Commission's work to update Central City regulations and codes.

1664
03:00:23.977 --> 03:00:34.859
<v Keelan McClymont>The targeted set of zoning and code updates will allow for housing expansion, more locations for businesses, and parking options, all of which Portlanders need.

1665
03:00:35.675 --> 03:00:54.865
<v Keelan McClymont>The code proposals are nearly exclusive to Central City housing and commercial zone land use development however, the addition of river review and setback provisions to the amendments appear to have been added without opportunity for our river community input.

1666
03:00:55.668 --> 03:01:20.844
<v Keelan McClymont>We have recently completed a river review for a dredge application for our community, but the CCC river review amendments are tantamount to denial, requiring mitigation for simply moving materials from the riverbed to an area adjacent to the dredged area to maintain navigational depth and access for fireboats and rescue personnel.

1667
03:01:22.322 --> 03:01:33.334
<v Keelan McClymont>While the CCCAP is not modifying Title 24, it will be changing some of the definitions and parameters related to river review.

1668
03:01:34.121 --> 03:02:03.153
<v Keelan McClymont>As we are directly impacted by some of these changes, We are requesting either a simple amendment be added or a delay of the process to hear from the other 50 mortgages and 1,400 floating homes owners on the Willamette and Columbia Rivers, as well as the Multnomah Channel, that are impacted by river review and e-zone review related to required.

1669
03:02:03.265 --> 03:02:05.188
<v Keelan McClymont>Routine maintenance dredge work.

1670
03:02:06.469 --> 03:02:15.988
<v Keelan McClymont>Also note, the city-owned Willamette Park will require maintenance dredge work and will require this same issue soon.

1671
03:02:17.046 --> 03:02:39.194
<v Keelan McClymont>Thus, we are requesting a simple one-sentence revision to allow approval of dredge projects by the well-tested methods and management of the past authorities, such as the COE, Corps of Engineers, DSL, DEQ, EPA, NMSS, ODFW, and USFW.

1672
03:02:39.515 --> 03:02:40.254
<v Keelan McClymont>There are a lot.

1673
03:02:41.201 --> 03:02:52.970
<v Keelan McClymont>The amendment would be minor maintenance dredging is exempt from river review when in-water placement is in the same FEMA floodplain that has been approved.

1674
03:02:53.726 --> 03:02:58.889
<v Keelan McClymont>The aquatic in-water placement by Portland Sediment Evaluation Team, PSET.

1675
03:02:59.843 --> 03:03:00.879
<v Keelan McClymont>Thank you very much.

1676
03:03:01.316 --> 03:03:01.719
<v Keelan McClymont>Thank you.

1677
03:03:04.954 --> 03:03:07.545
<v Keelan McClymont>Brad Moulson, Will Short.

1678
03:03:15.420 --> 03:03:15.693
<v Jamie Dunphy>Welcome.

1679
03:03:16.033 --> 03:03:16.632
<v Dan Ryan>Thank you.

1680
03:03:18.443 --> 03:03:19.786
<v Dan Ryan>I guess good afternoon, councilors.

1681
03:03:20.207 --> 03:03:20.853
<v Dan Ryan>I'm Will Short.

1682
03:03:22.290 --> 03:03:27.381
<v Dan Ryan>Good evening, my name is Donnie Oliveira.

1683
03:03:29.959 --> 03:03:34.057
<v Dan Ryan>I'm here representing the Portland Bureau of Transportation.

1684
03:03:34.121 --> 03:03:40.219
<v Dan Ryan>I'm here representing the Central Eastside Industrial Council and its Land Use and Urban Redevelopment Committee.

1685
03:03:42.349 --> 03:03:55.307
<v Dan Ryan>We submitted that written testimony and a map, therefore I will focus my testimony on It's important to note that CEIC supports the CC-CAP and asks that you pass it today.

1686
03:03:56.250 --> 03:04:00.253
<v Dan Ryan>We are here about what comes next for economic development within the Central East Side.

1687
03:04:01.673 --> 03:04:08.233
<v Dan Ryan>We proposed broader zoning changes last December, mapped specific areas in February, and raised them again in May.

1688
03:04:09.665 --> 03:04:12.302
<v Dan Ryan>The Planning Commission encouraged staff to work with us on those sites.

1689
03:04:12.352 --> 03:04:17.395
<v Dan Ryan>Councilmember That work never happened, and the recommendations came to you unchanged.

1690
03:04:18.645 --> 03:04:27.234
<v Dan Ryan>Our conversations with BPS leadership have improved in recent weeks, but that history is why we are asking council to set the subsequent direction.

1691
03:04:28.434 --> 03:04:35.582
<v Dan Ryan>The reason we are requesting council to set the direction is due to the lack of cooperation between BPS and the CEIC throughout the last year.

1692
03:04:36.672 --> 03:04:42.190
<v Dan Ryan>The map included in our written testimony illustrates the Bureau's proposed EXD changes with solid lines.

1693
03:04:43.585 --> 03:04:46.121
<v Dan Ryan>The dashed lines represent our proposed additions.

1694
03:04:47.358 --> 03:04:51.097
<v Dan Ryan>The first addition represents the southern portion of MLK and Grand.

1695
03:04:52.237 --> 03:05:00.102
<v Dan Ryan>The addition completes a continuous corridor that connects existing businesses to the emerging OMSI District via the streetcar and the future Green Loop.

1696
03:05:01.097 --> 03:05:03.954
<v Dan Ryan>The second addition represents the Hawthorne and Madison couplet.

1697
03:05:04.693 --> 03:05:10.353
<v Dan Ryan>This addition provides a consistent corridor zoning with a thoughtful transition to the neighborhoods immediately to the east.

1698
03:05:11.454 --> 03:05:17.127
<v Dan Ryan>And the third addition represents ODOT blocks west of Water Avenue between Hawthorne and Morrison bridgeheads.

1699
03:05:18.850 --> 03:05:22.373
<v Dan Ryan>This addition allows for coordinated redevelopment and waterfront connections.

1700
03:05:23.959 --> 03:05:31.778
<v Dan Ryan>In recent weeks, staff has asked a reasonable question: if the district currently has zoning for more than 15,000 homes, why do we need to add more?

1701
03:05:32.864 --> 03:05:35.524
<v Dan Ryan>Our response is that this request is primarily about jobs.

1702
03:05:35.655 --> 03:05:35.784
<v Dan Ryan>Thank you.

1703
03:05:36.292 --> 03:05:40.992
<v Dan Ryan>And reinvestment in underutilized and unutilized sites, not solely about housing.

1704
03:05:41.889 --> 03:05:44.200
<v Dan Ryan>First, EX does not force out industry.

1705
03:05:45.033 --> 03:05:48.563
<v Dan Ryan>Existing businesses may remain, and owners gain more permitted uses.

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03:05:49.123 --> 03:05:58.747
<v Dan Ryan>The flex— this flexibility is what drives capital, and it provides owners of older buildings with additional options to reinvest and more types of tenants to occupy them.

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03:05:59.646 --> 03:06:03.753
<v Dan Ryan>Second, the industrial land math is contained in the Bureau's own memo from July.

1708
03:06:03.800 --> 03:06:03.913
<v Dan Ryan>Thank you.

1709
03:06:05.228 --> 03:06:12.679
<v Dan Ryan>The area staff analyzed from our request would utilize 1.4 additional acres of a 12-acre surplus of industrial capacity.

1710
03:06:13.834 --> 03:06:19.903
<v Dan Ryan>Approximately 10 acres of surplus capacity remains after accounting for every proposed change by both staff and us.

1711
03:06:20.978 --> 03:06:23.820
<v Dan Ryan>Third, zone capacity does not equate to production.

1712
03:06:25.057 --> 03:06:28.573
<v Dan Ryan>Housing gets built when transit, infrastructure, and investment converge.

1713
03:06:29.567 --> 03:06:36.000
<v Dan Ryan>These corridors possess the streetcar, the Green Loop, and the new Central East Side Corridor TIF District.

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03:06:36.064 --> 03:06:43.488
<v Dan Ryan>What we are requesting is a coordinated review of these changes with business retention and economic development at the forefront of the discussion from the beginning.

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03:06:44.547 --> 03:06:45.925
<v Dan Ryan>Therefore, we have 2 requests.

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03:06:46.904 --> 03:06:50.255
<v Dan Ryan>Our first request is that you approve the CC-CAP provisions before you today.

1717
03:06:51.121 --> 03:07:00.653
<v Dan Ryan>Our second request is that you instruct BPS to collaborate with the CEIC and relevant city bureaus on a separate coordinated review of our proposed DxD expansion.

1718
03:07:01.551 --> 03:07:13.068
<v Dan Ryan>That review should clearly define its scope and timeline and present recommendations regarding zoning, infrastructure, and business retention and growth— infrastructure, business retention, and growth.

1719
03:07:13.213 --> 03:07:14.162
<v Jamie Dunphy>Sorry, we are over time.

1720
03:07:15.045 --> 03:07:15.558
<v Unidentified speaker>The alarm didn't go.

1721
03:07:15.847 --> 03:07:16.201
<v Sameer Kanal>Thank you.

1722
03:07:16.265 --> 03:07:16.635
<v Sameer Kanal>Apologies.

1723
03:07:17.148 --> 03:07:18.353
<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you.

1724
03:07:18.514 --> 03:07:19.253
<v Unidentified speaker>Never heard this before.

1725
03:07:19.558 --> 03:07:20.057
<v Unidentified speaker>It didn't go.

1726
03:07:20.104 --> 03:07:20.956
<v Jamie Dunphy>Yeah, apologies for that.

1727
03:07:22.370 --> 03:07:25.534
<v Keelan McClymont>Next up, we have Mariano Di Iorio and Thank you.

1728
03:07:25.697 --> 03:07:25.923
<v Keelan McClymont>Thank you.

1729
03:07:26.165 --> 03:07:31.742
<v Keelan McClymont>Next up is Mariano Di Iorio and Akasha Lawrence-Spence.

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03:07:33.997 --> 03:07:35.110
<v Mariano Di Iorio>Hello, councilors.

1731
03:07:35.715 --> 03:07:37.577
<v Mariano Di Iorio>Hello, President, Vice President.

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03:07:39.329 --> 03:07:40.640
<v Mariano Di Iorio>My name is Mariano Di Iorio.

1733
03:07:40.787 --> 03:07:52.604
<v Mariano Di Iorio>I am the founder of Chacha PDX and Chacha Circus and also a board member of the nonprofit Factory of Dreams, all located in the inner Southeast Portland on the corner of 9th and Taylor.

1734
03:07:53.907 --> 03:08:02.183
<v Mariano Di Iorio>I am here to testify in support of the proposed code change as they relate to the I-51 zone in the Central East Side.

1735
03:08:02.808 --> 03:08:09.609
<v Mariano Di Iorio>I grew up in Argentina and through family struggles and homelessness discovered juggling, street performing, and circus.

1736
03:08:10.121 --> 03:08:13.939
<v Mariano Di Iorio>I then found— founded the first social circus school in Buenos Aires.

1737
03:08:14.435 --> 03:08:17.755
<v Mariano Di Iorio>That school today is celebrating 26 years of teaching.

1738
03:08:17.819 --> 03:08:18.300
<v Mariano Di Iorio>Thank you.

1739
03:08:18.926 --> 03:08:20.870
<v Mariano Di Iorio>People and inspiring people.

1740
03:08:21.431 --> 03:08:29.906
<v Mariano Di Iorio>Over these years, we have helped thousands in our community develop art and circus skills, and we have entertained our city.

1741
03:08:30.341 --> 03:08:34.322
<v Mariano Di Iorio>People travel from all over the world to visit that space.

1742
03:08:34.818 --> 03:08:41.304
<v Mariano Di Iorio>In 2008, I was brought by Cirque du Soleil to this country, and I performed over 3,000 shows with them.

1743
03:08:41.737 --> 03:08:47.034
<v Mariano Di Iorio>I will never forget the people, community, and spaces that gave me my first opportunity and believe in me.

1744
03:08:47.516 --> 03:08:55.220
<v Mariano Di Iorio>I am living proof that finding circus, arts, culture, and creating a community can change a people's life forever.

1745
03:08:55.541 --> 03:08:59.057
<v Mariano Di Iorio>And I am working to lift up the community in Portland in the same way.

1746
03:08:59.618 --> 03:09:23.152
<v Mariano Di Iorio>My wife, 2 young children, and I came to Portland with a vision of creating an art-focused space that allows us to create, inspire, and share our experience and knowledge with we have created that space including a circus school, art studios, screen print shop, wood shop, clay studio, and an active creative community at Cha-Cha.

1747
03:09:23.859 --> 03:09:28.177
<v Mariano Di Iorio>Our biggest impediment to success, to success has been the code.

1748
03:09:28.611 --> 03:09:36.656
<v Mariano Di Iorio>We believe the proposed code changes will make an immense difference to our ability to thrive and create together, elevating our entire community.

1749
03:09:36.719 --> 03:09:37.009
<v Mariano Di Iorio>Thank you.

1750
03:09:39.784 --> 03:09:40.475
<v Unidentified speaker>Thank you so much.

1751
03:09:40.876 --> 03:09:41.212
<v Dan Ryan>Thank you.

1752
03:09:41.917 --> 03:09:45.559
<v Sameer Kanal>Have a good day.

1753
03:09:45.849 --> 03:09:50.181
<v Akasha Lawrence-Spence>Good afternoon, Chair Dunphy, Vice Chair Clark, and members of the Portland City Council.

1754
03:09:50.597 --> 03:10:03.078
<v Akasha Lawrence-Spence>My name is Akasha Lawrence-Spence, and I have the honor and privilege of serving as the Director of External Affairs at Albino Vision Trust, carrying forward the community vision of a reconnected and abundant Lower Albino.

1755
03:10:03.159 --> 03:10:05.263
<v Akasha Lawrence-Spence>Councilmember Herbold.

1756
03:10:05.456 --> 03:10:09.583
<v Akasha Lawrence-Spence>AVT is the largest community-led restorative redevelopment project in the nation.

1757
03:10:10.433 --> 03:10:23.472
<v Akasha Lawrence-Spence>Our mandate is to actualize the community investment plan, a 50-year vision for Lower Albina that emerged over 3 years of community engagement to create a world-class, working-class central city community.

1758
03:10:24.612 --> 03:10:30.619
<v Akasha Lawrence-Spence>The City of Portland recognized this plan and has been a partner in helping us to achieve the milestones we have already accomplished.

1759
03:10:31.596 --> 03:10:36.933
<v Akasha Lawrence-Spence>Today, the Central City Code Amendments Project represents the next step in that partnership.

1760
03:10:38.085 --> 03:10:40.538
<v Akasha Lawrence-Spence>We all know that our city is in need of TLC.

1761
03:10:41.290 --> 03:10:51.337
<v Akasha Lawrence-Spence>Our housing needs analysis states that we will need 120,000 new housing units by 2045, an average of roughly 5,200 units per year.

1762
03:10:52.042 --> 03:10:54.254
<v Akasha Lawrence-Spence>But our city deserves more than just housing.

1763
03:10:54.926 --> 03:11:01.658
<v Akasha Lawrence-Spence>We need to site housing in spaces that are accessible, Thank you.

1764
03:11:02.226 --> 03:11:12.063
<v Akasha Lawrence-Spence>Our community members need living wage jobs, an active public realm, and small businesses that animate street fronts and neighborhood corridors.

1765
03:11:13.159 --> 03:11:39.591
<v Akasha Lawrence-Spence>The 94 acres that comprise the AVT project area will— of catalytic development will be able to build over 1,000 units of housing, and be home to over 3,000 Portlanders, create over 5,000 construction jobs, establish nearly 600 permanent living wage jobs, and deliver Portland's iconic street grid in a neighborhood just a few miles east of this chamber.

1766
03:11:40.472 --> 03:11:46.581
<v Akasha Lawrence-Spence>The CCAP is a comprehensive roadmap to make that development not just feasible but inevitable.

1767
03:11:47.591 --> 03:12:01.814
<v Akasha Lawrence-Spence>It removes barriers and requisites that create development hurdles and in its place provide solutions that make community-centered, homegrown development with community benefit like ours not just a possibility but a certainty.

1768
03:12:02.905 --> 03:12:05.871
<v Unidentified speaker>I urge an aye vote on the adoption of these amendments.

1769
03:12:06.111 --> 03:12:06.513
<v Unidentified speaker>Thank you.

1770
03:12:07.075 --> 03:12:07.811
<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you very much.

1771
03:12:08.998 --> 03:12:09.897
<v Keelan McClymont>That completes testimony.

1772
03:12:10.201 --> 03:12:11.260
<v Jamie Dunphy>Okay, thank you, colleagues.

1773
03:12:11.340 --> 03:12:14.724
<v Jamie Dunphy>As discussed previously, uh, the oral record is now closed.

1774
03:12:14.772 --> 03:12:18.145
<v Jamie Dunphy>We're going to leave the written record open until tomorrow at 4:00 PM.

1775
03:12:18.804 --> 03:12:25.324
<v Jamie Dunphy>This item is continued until tomorrow at 4:00, time certain, for council deliberation and consideration of amendments.

1776
03:12:25.911 --> 03:12:30.018
<v Jamie Dunphy>Keelan, can we please move to the consent items?

1777
03:12:30.994 --> 03:12:32.297
<v Keelan McClymont>No items have been pulled.

1778
03:12:32.395 --> 03:12:34.593
<v Keelan McClymont>I'll call the roll on the consent agenda.

1779
03:12:34.822 --> 03:12:35.181
<v Keelan McClymont>Clerk?

1780
03:12:36.126 --> 03:12:36.239
<v Olivia Clark>Aye.

1781
03:12:37.818 --> 03:12:37.852
<v Keelan McClymont>Aye.

1782
03:12:38.468 --> 03:12:38.518
<v Raymond C. Lee>Aye.

1783
03:12:40.093 --> 03:12:40.141
<v Raymond C. Lee>Aye.

1784
03:12:41.407 --> 03:12:41.441
<v Unidentified speaker>Aye.

1785
03:12:41.489 --> 03:12:41.538
<v Keelan McClymont>Aye.

1786
03:12:42.070 --> 03:12:42.150
<v Unidentified speaker>Aye.

1787
03:12:45.470 --> 03:12:45.632
<v Unidentified speaker>Aye.

1788
03:12:50.328 --> 03:12:50.378
<v Unidentified speaker>Aye.

1789
03:12:53.084 --> 03:12:53.132
<v Raymond C. Lee>Aye.

1790
03:12:54.316 --> 03:12:54.349
<v Keelan McClymont>Aye.

1791
03:12:54.949 --> 03:12:55.046
<v Dan Ryan>Aye.

1792
03:12:57.543 --> 03:12:57.593
<v Keelan McClymont>Aye.

1793
03:13:00.546 --> 03:13:00.968
<v Keelan McClymont>Novick.

1794
03:13:01.291 --> 03:13:02.298
<v Sameer Kanal>A very emphatic aye.

1795
03:13:04.278 --> 03:13:04.844
<v Keelan McClymont>Dunphy.

1796
03:13:05.136 --> 03:13:05.314
<v Jamie Dunphy>Aye.

1797
03:13:06.350 --> 03:13:12.461
<v Keelan McClymont>Uh, the consent agenda is approved with a vote of 12 ayes and 2 Thank you very much.

1798
03:13:12.527 --> 03:13:16.798
<v Jamie Dunphy>Can we please call item— the newly scheduled item 2026-374?

1799
03:13:17.808 --> 03:13:21.759
<v Keelan McClymont>Authorize the city attorney to provide written notice to the Oregon Department—.

1800
03:13:21.759 --> 03:13:23.574
<v Jamie Dunphy>Hey folks, can we please have some quiet in the chambers?

1801
03:13:24.311 --> 03:13:24.632
<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you.

1802
03:13:25.355 --> 03:13:25.933
<v Unidentified speaker>Thanks.

1803
03:13:26.318 --> 03:13:39.833
<v Keelan McClymont>Authorize the city attorney to provide written notice to the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development of intent by city council to consider a moratorium on the development of facilities necessary to support commercial unmanned aircraft systems.

1804
03:13:40.281 --> 03:13:41.210
<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you, colleagues.

1805
03:13:41.259 --> 03:13:48.342
<v Jamie Dunphy>This is a 9/12 item co-sponsored by Councilors Kanal and Pirtle-Guiney and signed by 9 of our colleagues, including the co-sponsors and myself.

1806
03:13:48.566 --> 03:13:50.762
<v Jamie Dunphy>Uh, I'm going to turn to Councilor Kanal and Pirtle-Guiney.

1807
03:13:51.097 --> 03:13:51.498
<v Jamie Dunphy>Councilor Kanal.

1808
03:13:52.219 --> 03:13:53.293
<v Sameer Kanal>Thank you, Council President.

1809
03:13:53.502 --> 03:13:57.092
<v Sameer Kanal>Uh, colleagues, I'm going to give brief context and then get into the specific resolution.

1810
03:13:57.188 --> 03:13:58.181
<v Sameer Kanal>First, the context.

1811
03:13:58.406 --> 03:14:06.791
<v Sameer Kanal>The number one issue that has come through Zendesk for councilors in District 2 over the last few weeks is concerned about a potential new facility for launching commercial drones in North Portland.

1812
03:14:06.840 --> 03:14:10.336
<v Sameer Kanal>There's another one in District 2 as well as one in District 3 also.

1813
03:14:10.754 --> 03:14:15.679
<v Sameer Kanal>I can't speak for the email inboxes of my colleagues, but speaking for my own email inbox, it's also the number one issue there.

1814
03:14:16.529 --> 03:14:24.115
<v Sameer Kanal>In looking to the steps that we have allowed staff to take on potential applications for these types of facilities, there are a couple places where there are ambiguities.

1815
03:14:24.709 --> 03:14:28.448
<v Sameer Kanal>And more broadly than that, there is no specific land use structure designed with this type of facility in mind.

1816
03:14:28.495 --> 03:14:29.458
<v Sameer Kanal>Councilmember Wilson, I think you're on mute.

1817
03:14:29.924 --> 03:14:32.590
<v Sameer Kanal>We need a proper revision process in— for code.

1818
03:14:32.814 --> 03:14:40.970
<v Sameer Kanal>And in order to do that without having current code be applied in both an imperfect way and a way that may be really hard to undo, we would need to consider a moratorium.

1819
03:14:41.581 --> 03:14:42.800
<v Sameer Kanal>Now to the resolution itself.

1820
03:14:43.411 --> 03:14:45.322
<v Sameer Kanal>This resolution is not a moratorium.

1821
03:14:46.125 --> 03:14:54.217
<v Sameer Kanal>You may disagree with the idea of having a moratorium, you may love the idea of having a moratorium, but this resolution is simply asking you if you think we should be allowed to consider one.

1822
03:14:54.730 --> 03:15:05.931
<v Sameer Kanal>And because we're running over time today, I'll ask that we keep the commentary and then The discussion about what the resolution actually does, because the thing itself, a potential moratorium, will have that chance if it's filed, um, in the weeks ahead.

1823
03:15:06.523 --> 03:15:16.629
<v Sameer Kanal>Under state law, the city must notify the state's Department of Land Conservation and Development, or DLCD, of potential consideration of a moratorium 45 days before taking the final vote.

1824
03:15:17.254 --> 03:15:23.093
<v Sameer Kanal>City Attorney's Office can do that if authorized by the council, um, but by the body, not specific councilors.

1825
03:15:23.222 --> 03:15:24.923
<v Sameer Kanal>And this resolution is the authorization.

1826
03:15:24.970 --> 03:15:25.099
<v Sameer Kanal>Thank you.

1827
03:15:26.720 --> 03:15:46.210
<v Sameer Kanal>So I'd ask for your support today in passing a resolution that authorizes the city attorney to notify the DLCD that we might consider a moratorium, keeping our options open for a moratorium and eventually a better code framework designed for a specific and unique type of land use, facilities for the takeoff and landing of commercial unmanned aircraft systems, and for the specific needs of our Portland communities.

1828
03:15:46.966 --> 03:15:47.206
<v Sameer Kanal>Thank you.

1829
03:15:47.271 --> 03:15:49.582
<v Sameer Kanal>And with that, I'll pass it over to my co-sponsor, Councilor Pirtle-Guiney.

1830
03:15:50.497 --> 03:15:51.524
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Thank you, Councilor Kanal.

1831
03:15:52.825 --> 03:15:56.695
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Colleagues, the question before us with this resolution is really quite simple.

1832
03:15:56.760 --> 03:16:11.582
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Do we want to preserve our ability to have a critical policy discussion about a pretty significant change facing our community, the use of drones for a new type of commercial activity?

1833
03:16:12.336 --> 03:16:18.134
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>If we want to preserve our right to have that conversation in the future, we have to pass this resolution as the first.

1834
03:16:18.182 --> 03:16:19.016
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Thank you, Councilor Elana Pirtle-Guiney.

1835
03:16:20.108 --> 03:16:29.064
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>There may be a lot of opinions up here about where we want to land on those policy discussions as we move forward, but we don't get to have any of those unless we pass this today.

1836
03:16:30.058 --> 03:16:35.498
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>We had a bit of a rush on this because we knew there was some action potentially coming in our city.

1837
03:16:35.675 --> 03:16:45.112
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>We have a little more breathing room right now to do this work as we move forward, but I think the rush on ensuring that the state knows we are interested in this conversation still stands, and I hope to have your support today.

1838
03:16:45.161 --> 03:16:45.256
<v Unidentified speaker>Thank you.

1839
03:16:45.787 --> 03:16:47.504
<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you, Councilor Pirtle-Guiney.

1840
03:16:47.568 --> 03:16:51.037
<v Jamie Dunphy>Colleagues, I understand there are at least 3 people signed up for public testimony on this item.

1841
03:16:51.101 --> 03:16:54.361
<v Jamie Dunphy>Before we move into discussion with council, I'd like to get to their testimony.

1842
03:16:54.408 --> 03:16:56.769
<v Jamie Dunphy>So, Keelan, can you please call our testifiers?

1843
03:16:57.667 --> 03:17:05.583
<v Keelan McClymont>First up, we have Alice Christine Walker, followed by Jessica Marquez and Emily Garcia.

1844
03:17:06.674 --> 03:17:06.915
<v Unidentified speaker>Welcome.

1845
03:17:07.140 --> 03:17:07.766
<v Jamie Dunphy>Come on down.

1846
03:17:08.602 --> 03:17:09.646
<v Jamie Dunphy>Introduce yourself for the record.

1847
03:17:09.870 --> 03:17:11.299
<v Jamie Dunphy>You're welcome to share your pronouns, and you got 3 minutes.

1848
03:17:13.079 --> 03:17:14.266
<v Alice Christine Walker>Good morning, councilors.

1849
03:17:14.379 --> 03:17:17.731
<v Alice Christine Walker>My name is Alice Christine Walker, and I'm a resident of East Columbia.

1850
03:17:18.308 --> 03:17:28.622
<v Alice Christine Walker>Our neighborhood association hasn't been able to meet yet to formally adopt a position, so I'm here in my personal capacity to amplify the voices that I've heard across multiple neighborhoods.

1851
03:17:29.441 --> 03:17:30.324
<v Alice Christine Walker>We need more time.

1852
03:17:31.381 --> 03:17:38.617
<v Alice Christine Walker>I'm certain that our 3 District D2 councilors will support this request for a moratorium, as the concerns of our communities are clear.

1853
03:17:38.681 --> 03:17:38.792
<v Alice Christine Walker>Thank you.

1854
03:17:39.885 --> 03:17:48.442
<v Alice Christine Walker>I'm here to respectfully ask that the other district councilors support this as well and understand that you aren't being asked to make a final decision today about the future of drones.

1855
03:17:49.037 --> 03:17:53.211
<v Alice Christine Walker>You are simply being asked for time so that we can make an informed decision together as a city.

1856
03:17:54.014 --> 03:18:01.079
<v Alice Christine Walker>I want to thank Councilor Kanal and Councilor Pirtle-Guiney for quickly bringing this forward, and I thank the other 9 councilors for your support today.

1857
03:18:02.122 --> 03:18:02.781
<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you very much.

1858
03:18:07.483 --> 03:18:08.125
<v Keelan McClymont>Go ahead, Jessica.

1859
03:18:08.926 --> 03:18:09.872
<v Unidentified speaker>Hello, councilors.

1860
03:18:09.969 --> 03:18:12.487
<v Jessica Marquez>My name is Jessica Marquez and I live in Kenton in District 2.

1861
03:18:12.777 --> 03:18:19.771
<v Jessica Marquez>First, I want to thank Councilors Kanal and Pirtle-Guiney for introducing this resolution, and thank you all for moving this up in the agenda today so that we could be heard.

1862
03:18:20.413 --> 03:18:30.727
<v Jessica Marquez>It was added to today's agenda on short notice because it is a critically urgent issue that has developed rapidly and therefore requires a rapid response, and I'm here to implore you to vote yes on this resolution.

1863
03:18:31.000 --> 03:18:48.531
<v Jessica Marquez>As noted in the impact statement, this has been the most common topic reaching our councilors in the district since the news of these plans were publicized in late September, and that comes as no surprise because when you look at the reports of the immediate deterioration in livability in communities where Amazon has started drone deliveries, it is so deeply troubling.

1864
03:18:49.286 --> 03:19:03.065
<v Jessica Marquez>The current application to add drone operations in District 2 might feel distant from your district, but these drones have a delivery radius of 7.5 miles, and I understand Amazon is already looking at other properties around Portland to extend that radius.

1865
03:19:03.801 --> 03:19:08.336
<v Jessica Marquez>If Amazon wants drone deliveries here, those operations won't stay in one neighborhood or one district.

1866
03:19:08.930 --> 03:19:12.055
<v Jessica Marquez>So the choice before you today is to be proactive for the people you represent.

1867
03:19:12.295 --> 03:19:16.717
<v Jessica Marquez>A vote for this resolution, as stated, doesn't adopt a moratorium and it doesn't change the code.

1868
03:19:16.781 --> 03:19:24.216
<v Jessica Marquez>It just starts the clock that creates a pathway for council to consider action in a timely manner and to give the public an opportunity to be heard on this.

1869
03:19:24.777 --> 03:19:42.889
<v Jessica Marquez>Every week of delay pushes back the council's timeline to even open the discussion during a time that Amazon is actively trying to voting yes preserves the council's ability to act so that you have the option to consider how this type of operation could change everyday life in the city.

1870
03:19:42.889 --> 03:19:49.229
<v Jessica Marquez>These facilities are a new kind of land use, closer to a small airport than a warehouse, and our code wasn't written for them.

1871
03:19:49.229 --> 03:19:56.870
<v Jessica Marquez>This council has already acknowledged that in the face of rapidly changing technology, we can't rely on rules and definitions written for a previous era of technology.

1872
03:19:56.870 --> 03:19:56.909
<v Jessica Marquez>Thank you.

1873
03:19:57.356 --> 03:19:59.811
<v Jessica Marquez>Of business and technology to shape the city we live in.

1874
03:20:00.325 --> 03:20:14.395
<v Jessica Marquez>I know this takes 9 of your votes— of your 12 votes today, which is a high bar, but I believe it could be unanimous because the list of concerns this poses for our city touch privacy, the environment and wildlife, noise, economic development, jobs, childhood development, mental health.

1875
03:20:14.522 --> 03:20:22.609
<v Jessica Marquez>The list goes on, and it's long enough that it touches multiple concerns that I know each of you care about, that you vote to work on because your constituents care about them.

1876
03:20:23.988 --> 03:20:26.299
<v Jessica Marquez>The cost of voting yesterday is practically nothing.

1877
03:20:26.475 --> 03:20:31.352
<v Jessica Marquez>It's one small common sense vote today to start a conversation and to keep that conversation able to happen.

1878
03:20:31.849 --> 03:20:41.265
<v Jessica Marquez>The risk of waiting is that permits get processed under existing code that couldn't possibly have known the reality we find ourselves in today while council is still in a waiting period to do anything.

1879
03:20:41.956 --> 03:20:49.415
<v Jessica Marquez>If these operations are approved, council can't easily undo it, and every application and company that follows will point to the precedent set by Amazon.

1880
03:20:50.174 --> 03:20:58.356
<v Jessica Marquez>Voting no and waiting until your phones start ringing means explaining to your constituents why you had the option to open the conversation about how to protect them and you didn't take it.

1881
03:20:58.808 --> 03:21:05.137
<v Jessica Marquez>You have the opportunity to allow action to happen before harm is done to our city and our community, not after.

1882
03:21:05.395 --> 03:21:06.074
<v Jessica Marquez>So please take it.

1883
03:21:06.268 --> 03:21:07.125
<v Jessica Marquez>Please vote yes on this.

1884
03:21:07.465 --> 03:21:07.804
<v Jessica Marquez>Thank you.

1885
03:21:08.370 --> 03:21:08.984
<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you very much.

1886
03:21:09.888 --> 03:21:10.632
<v Keelan McClymont>Emily Garcia.

1887
03:21:14.292 --> 03:21:15.463
<v Keelan McClymont>That completes testimony.

1888
03:21:16.077 --> 03:21:16.625
<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you very much.

1889
03:21:16.673 --> 03:21:18.235
<v Jamie Dunphy>Colleagues, just a point of clarification.

1890
03:21:18.427 --> 03:21:25.763
<v Jamie Dunphy>It took 9 signatures to get this onto the agenda, but it is a non-emergency resolution, requires a simple majority in order to pass.

1891
03:21:27.020 --> 03:21:29.849
<v Jamie Dunphy>Colleagues, is there any— is there— we are now into council discussion.

1892
03:21:30.042 --> 03:21:31.789
<v Jamie Dunphy>Is there further discussion of this resolution?

1893
03:21:35.459 --> 03:21:37.161
<v Jamie Dunphy>Seeing none— oh, there we go.

1894
03:21:37.225 --> 03:21:38.084
<v Jamie Dunphy>Councilor Ryan.

1895
03:21:38.213 --> 03:21:39.218
<v Sameer Kanal>I just have a quick question.

1896
03:21:39.736 --> 03:21:40.676
<v Sameer Kanal>Thank you, Council President.

1897
03:21:41.665 --> 03:21:43.457
<v Dan Ryan>I was first made aware of this just recently.

1898
03:21:43.715 --> 03:21:48.760
<v Sameer Kanal>Um, I've also— in District 2, and I've been trying to dive into understanding this.

1899
03:21:49.510 --> 03:21:54.783
<v Sameer Kanal>Um, and so is the intent of this to buy time to understand it?

1900
03:21:54.832 --> 03:21:56.110
<v Sameer Kanal>Because that's what I've been trying to do.

1901
03:21:56.417 --> 03:22:00.718
<v Sameer Kanal>And if I knew that was the intention of that and someone would have reached out to me, of course I would have joined.

1902
03:22:01.025 --> 03:22:02.190
<v Sameer Kanal>But I'm trying to verify that.

1903
03:22:03.823 --> 03:22:05.110
<v Jamie Dunphy>Other of our sponsors want to jump in?

1904
03:22:05.289 --> 03:22:06.265
<v Jamie Dunphy>Yeah, thank you.

1905
03:22:06.575 --> 03:22:07.976
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Happy to jump in, Councilor.

1906
03:22:08.122 --> 03:22:13.945
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>And I'm sorry that our teams weren't able to connect as quickly as would've been ideal on this.

1907
03:22:15.246 --> 03:22:20.547
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>What this does is gives notice to DLCD that we may have a conversation about a moratorium.

1908
03:22:20.627 --> 03:22:24.706
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>We are required by state law to give a 45-day notice before we pass anything.

1909
03:22:25.444 --> 03:22:33.700
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>So if we choose to open up a discussion on a moratorium, which I hope we have that conversation, the moratorium is actually what would buy us time.

1910
03:22:34.213 --> 03:22:37.137
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>A moratorium, to be clear, doesn't say this can never happen.

1911
03:22:37.924 --> 03:22:42.341
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>It just says we're pausing anything happening here until we can set code.

1912
03:22:42.887 --> 03:22:47.513
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>For us to set that moratorium and set that pause, we have to give DLCD 45 days.

1913
03:22:48.042 --> 03:22:50.244
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>So this is a step back from a pause.

1914
03:22:50.355 --> 03:22:57.922
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>This is saying we might take a pause, and you need to know that, DLCD, before we even decide if we take a pause or not.

1915
03:22:58.531 --> 03:22:59.688
<v Dan Ryan>Thank you, Councilor Pirtle-Guiney.

1916
03:22:59.769 --> 03:23:07.050
<v Dan Ryan>And I know that you always do good So you connected with legal to make sure this was all in code perfectly?

1917
03:23:07.114 --> 03:23:08.156
<v Sameer Kanal>It's been fully reviewed.

1918
03:23:08.204 --> 03:23:10.850
<v Sameer Kanal>I'm going to let Councilor Pirtle-Guiney speak to that as well.

1919
03:23:11.683 --> 03:23:15.724
<v Sameer Kanal>Yeah, we spoke to both, uh, Lauren and Robert Taylor, both about this particular one.

1920
03:23:15.772 --> 03:23:17.102
<v Sameer Kanal>So from the legal perspective, yes.

1921
03:23:17.230 --> 03:23:19.522
<v Sameer Kanal>And then to answer your question directly, also yes.

1922
03:23:19.940 --> 03:23:21.976
<v Sameer Kanal>Basically, the, the short version is yes.

1923
03:23:22.040 --> 03:23:23.738
<v Sameer Kanal>The long version was what Councilor Pirtle-Guiney just said.

1924
03:23:23.884 --> 03:23:24.828
<v Sameer Kanal>I know we all move fast.

1925
03:23:24.894 --> 03:23:27.265
<v Sameer Kanal>I'm just disappointed we couldn't have had this conversation earlier.

1926
03:23:27.650 --> 03:23:27.810
<v Sameer Kanal>Thank you.

1927
03:23:27.971 --> 03:23:30.612
<v Sameer Kanal>I was in committee yesterday when all this was going on.

1928
03:23:30.742 --> 03:23:36.087
<v Sameer Kanal>So, uh, you know, those couple hours where the 9:12 request was out there.

1929
03:23:36.394 --> 03:23:39.663
<v Jamie Dunphy>So thank you, councilors.

1930
03:23:40.564 --> 03:23:42.013
<v Jamie Dunphy>Is there further discussion of this?

1931
03:23:42.093 --> 03:23:42.479
<v Jamie Dunphy>Councilor Canales?

1932
03:23:43.075 --> 03:24:01.509
<v Sameer Kanal>Yeah, it's, uh, just wanted to put on the record that, you know, if this should pass and we're able to look at it, I'd be looking to ask the, the city administrator's office, city attorneys too, just for the assistance in making sure that, that any potential proposal for moratorium is informed by the people who do this work on a regular basis.

1933
03:24:01.668 --> 03:24:13.270
<v Sameer Kanal>And then just to get on the record as legislative intent for what that second clause means, it means it's direction to the City Attorney's Office that if there's anything else that you need to file the notices, just talk to the council president.

1934
03:24:13.317 --> 03:24:14.957
<v Sameer Kanal>We don't want to have to do a second resolution.

1935
03:24:15.389 --> 03:24:18.941
<v Sameer Kanal>I think I'm on the record that I think it's dumb that we even have to do this resolution at all.

1936
03:24:19.487 --> 03:24:25.752
<v Sameer Kanal>I think we should be able to send administrative notices of future consideration and then have the actual debate on the consideration itself.

1937
03:24:26.154 --> 03:24:29.959
<v Sameer Kanal>Um, but since we have to do a resolution, let's, let's make it so we don't have to do 2, is the idea.

1938
03:24:30.489 --> 03:24:30.666
<v Sameer Kanal>Thanks.

1939
03:24:30.746 --> 03:24:31.759
<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you, Councilor Kanal.

1940
03:24:32.851 --> 03:24:35.998
<v Jamie Dunphy>Seeing no one else in the queue, Keelan, can we please call the roll on this resolution?

1941
03:24:36.449 --> 03:24:36.610
<v Keelan McClymont>Yep.

1942
03:24:37.075 --> 03:24:39.436
<v Keelan McClymont>Uh, document 2026-374.

1943
03:24:39.806 --> 03:24:40.127
<v Keelan McClymont>Clark?

1944
03:24:40.609 --> 03:24:40.656
<v Olivia Clark>Aye.

1945
03:24:41.011 --> 03:24:41.476
<v Keelan McClymont>Green?

1946
03:24:41.894 --> 03:24:42.070
<v Mitch Green>Aye.

1947
03:24:42.456 --> 03:24:42.792
<v Keelan McClymont>Zimmerman?

1948
03:24:43.018 --> 03:24:43.194
<v Eric Zimmerman>Aye.

1949
03:24:43.579 --> 03:24:43.805
<v Keelan McClymont>Avalos?

1950
03:24:44.143 --> 03:24:44.191
<v Candace Avalos>Aye.

1951
03:24:44.656 --> 03:24:44.930
<v Keelan McClymont>Smith?

1952
03:24:45.748 --> 03:24:46.230
<v Loretta Smith>Absent.

1953
03:24:46.326 --> 03:24:46.520
<v Keelan McClymont>Kanal?

1954
03:24:47.033 --> 03:24:47.418
<v Sameer Kanal>Thanks, colleagues.

1955
03:24:47.515 --> 03:24:47.677
<v Sameer Kanal>Aye.

1956
03:24:49.379 --> 03:24:49.427
<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Aye.

1957
03:24:50.432 --> 03:24:50.513
<v Tiffany Koyama Lane>Aye.

1958
03:24:52.132 --> 03:24:52.263
<v Angelita Morillo>Aye.

1959
03:24:53.753 --> 03:24:53.801
<v Dan Ryan>Aye.

1960
03:24:54.239 --> 03:24:54.514
<v Keelan McClymont>Novick?

1961
03:24:54.807 --> 03:24:54.838
<v Steve Novick>Aye.

1962
03:24:56.102 --> 03:24:56.281
<v Jamie Dunphy>Aye.

1963
03:24:56.523 --> 03:25:00.070
<v Keelan McClymont>The resolution is adopted with a vote of 11 ayes and 1 absent.

1964
03:25:00.329 --> 03:25:00.588
<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you.

1965
03:25:00.637 --> 03:25:06.114
<v Jamie Dunphy>Can we please call item, uh, 2026-362 and 2026-363 together?

1966
03:25:07.579 --> 03:25:07.709
<v Unidentified speaker>Yeah.

1967
03:25:08.547 --> 03:25:22.394
<v Keelan McClymont>Uh, authorize intergovernmental agreement between the city, state of Oregon, and Multnomah County to establish the Oregon Arena Joint Authority and Document 2026-363, appoint members to the Oregon Arena Joint Authority.

1968
03:25:23.132 --> 03:25:23.951
<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you very much, colleagues.

1969
03:25:24.000 --> 03:25:35.432
<v Jamie Dunphy>Before we begin the staff presentation on this item, I'd like to acknowledge that we canceled a Moda Center work session this week due to the legislation being before us and due to a lack of major substantive updates on those negotiations.

1970
03:25:35.495 --> 03:25:42.529
<v Jamie Dunphy>However, I'm going to invite DCA Oliveira to give an update on the public to the public on the status of this negotiation.

1971
03:25:42.721 --> 03:25:44.296
<v Jamie Dunphy>Those negotiations.

1972
03:25:45.355 --> 03:26:00.647
<v Jamie Dunphy>My update to this body, though, is that I officially communicated with City Administrator Lee that I will not be scheduling a final action on funding the MOTU renovations in December unless we have the definitive documents that are required by the term sheet resolution that we all passed in August.

1973
03:26:01.176 --> 03:26:12.852
<v Jamie Dunphy>So that means a complete and transparent review of the finalized budget, lease terms, labor standards, and major components of the community benefit I wish our negotiating team well in this incredibly tight timeline.

1974
03:26:13.461 --> 03:26:17.861
<v Jamie Dunphy>And with that, I'll ask DCA Donnie Oliveira to share a negotiation update.

1975
03:26:18.761 --> 03:26:18.921
<v Dan Ryan>Great.

1976
03:26:19.018 --> 03:26:20.270
<v Donnie Oliveira>Thank you, Council President.

1977
03:26:21.007 --> 03:26:22.115
<v Donnie Oliveira>Donnie Oliveira, for the record.

1978
03:26:22.870 --> 03:26:59.566
<v Donnie Oliveira>So since August 12th, when council adopted the resolution that included the draft term sheet, which we submitted to the Blazers immediately after, we have begun negotiations, continued conversations with Blazers While there's been progress related to some of the underlying themes of that term sheet, there continues to be a distance between us, us being the plural governments, and the Blazers organization on some of the more predictable elements that we all discussed in August related to revenue sharing or rent.

1979
03:26:59.613 --> 03:27:00.247
<v Dan Ryan>I think that's a fair statement.

1980
03:27:01.227 --> 03:27:08.355
<v Donnie Oliveira>Related to labor decisions, community benefits, all things that are material to this council's interest and the county's as well.

1981
03:27:09.287 --> 03:27:11.519
<v Donnie Oliveira>So we continue to have those conversations about what it might look like.

1982
03:27:12.240 --> 03:27:26.577
<v Donnie Oliveira>As you know, as we discussed in the past, the state's resources, that $365 million bonding opportunity, does have a hard deadline coming up later this winter that we need to meet, and they have a bar pretty high to clear for us to activate those dollars.

1983
03:27:26.691 --> 03:27:26.898
<v Donnie Oliveira>Thank you.

1984
03:27:27.670 --> 03:27:30.880
<v Donnie Oliveira>So the short of it is, is that the conversations continue each week.

1985
03:27:31.025 --> 03:27:33.370
<v Donnie Oliveira>We meet with the Blazers team multiple times.

1986
03:27:33.433 --> 03:27:43.165
<v Donnie Oliveira>We also meet with our state and county parties, partners, to refine our intent and negotiating tactics related to the term sheet.

1987
03:27:43.228 --> 03:27:45.188
<v Donnie Oliveira>So a lot of work still to be done.

1988
03:27:45.540 --> 03:27:52.059
<v Donnie Oliveira>And again, the commitment is still to get the best deal for the city of Portland and for Portlanders on this, on this, on the Moda Center.

1989
03:27:52.942 --> 03:27:54.629
<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you very much, DCA Oliveira.

1990
03:27:55.254 --> 03:27:58.563
<v Jamie Dunphy>Um, I'm going to now move us to the ordinance and the report at hand.

1991
03:27:58.707 --> 03:28:09.577
<v Jamie Dunphy>Uh, these items are going to travel together, and they establish the joint authority with the state and county partners, as well as the 3 city appointees to that body who will oversee a MOTA renovation project.

1992
03:28:10.139 --> 03:28:21.358
<v Jamie Dunphy>I'm hopeful that council will move this forward to the second reading today, continuing to demonstrate that city government is showing up at the table in good faith to get a fair deal for DC Oliveira, I'm turning it back to you.

1993
03:28:21.422 --> 03:28:22.128
<v Jamie Dunphy>The floor is yours.

1994
03:28:22.864 --> 03:28:23.843
<v Donnie Oliveira>Great, thank you, Council President.

1995
03:28:23.907 --> 03:28:25.976
<v Donnie Oliveira>I'm just going to hand it right over to Carl because we got— we're short on time.

1996
03:28:26.247 --> 03:28:26.778
<v Donnie Oliveira>Let's dive in.

1997
03:28:27.547 --> 03:28:28.123
<v Donnie Oliveira>All right, thanks a lot.

1998
03:28:28.413 --> 03:28:31.555
<v Donnie Oliveira>Carl Lyle, I'm the Spectator Venues Program Manager.

1999
03:28:32.036 --> 03:28:34.906
<v Donnie Oliveira>So today we're requesting 2 council actions, presenting them together.

2000
03:28:35.387 --> 03:28:36.525
<v Donnie Oliveira>Ordinance is the first.

2001
03:28:36.590 --> 03:28:43.291
<v Donnie Oliveira>It authorizes the city administrator to sign the intergovernmental agreement with the state and county that establishes the Oregon Arena Joint Authority.

2002
03:28:43.724 --> 03:28:52.184
<v Donnie Oliveira>This new body will oversee public investment in the Motor Center renovation project and the accompanying report, the second item, appoints the city's 3 initial members to the authority.

2003
03:28:53.200 --> 03:29:00.978
<v Donnie Oliveira>For context, the state has said they will approve this in its current form, and the county approved it at their board meeting on October 1st.

2004
03:29:05.020 --> 03:29:09.480
<v Donnie Oliveira>So more specifically, approving the ordinance and accepting the report before you today does 2 key things.

2005
03:29:09.545 --> 03:29:17.478
<v Donnie Oliveira>It establishes the Oregon Arena Joint Authority, meeting those requirements of the state legislation that provides a pathway to state funding of the Moda Center project.

2006
03:29:18.183 --> 03:29:24.336
<v Donnie Oliveira>And secondly, it approves the 3 city staff members to represent the city on the joint authority as the initial members.

2007
03:29:25.411 --> 03:29:29.546
<v Donnie Oliveira>Today's actions are an administrative step related only to the establishment of the joint authority.

2008
03:29:29.977 --> 03:29:43.398
<v Donnie Oliveira>Today's actions do not commit the city to any funding for the renovation project, nor do they review or accept the terms for a new long-term lease with the operator those important steps will require future city action.

2009
03:29:45.379 --> 03:29:51.156
<v Donnie Oliveira>Establishing the joint authority is important because it is a required step to leveraging state and county funds for the project.

2010
03:29:51.760 --> 03:30:01.184
<v Donnie Oliveira>The authority will oversee public investments in the renovation as well as retaining oversight functions of ongoing operations, maintenance, and capital investment in the arena post-renovation.

2011
03:30:03.558 --> 03:30:13.347
<v Donnie Oliveira>As a reminder, As currently proposed, the state will be funding the majority, 64%, of the cost of the initial renovation.

2012
03:30:14.079 --> 03:30:19.845
<v Donnie Oliveira>This slide shows the investment proposal reflected in the city's draft initial term sheet that you'll remember from August.

2013
03:30:21.117 --> 03:30:28.800
<v Donnie Oliveira>On the left, you can see the proposed funding for the renovation project, with the state funding the largest portion of the $573 million project.

2014
03:30:28.897 --> 03:30:37.859
<v Donnie Oliveira>On the right are the sources of the proposed $288 million in projected funding for ongoing improvements and sustaining investments over the life of the 20-year lease.

2015
03:30:38.635 --> 03:30:43.269
<v Donnie Oliveira>As has been said, the ordinance and report before you do not appropriate any city funding for the project.

2016
03:30:43.335 --> 03:30:44.250
<v Donnie Oliveira>That has to come later.

2017
03:30:45.752 --> 03:30:50.298
<v Donnie Oliveira>The governance structure of the joint authority was negotiated between the state, Multnomah County, and the city.

2018
03:30:51.052 --> 03:30:55.895
<v Donnie Oliveira>The authority will have 7 members, 3 each from the state and city and 1 from the county.

2019
03:30:56.757 --> 03:31:11.593
<v Donnie Oliveira>Generally, support from a majority of the authority members is required however, certain material decisions pertaining to the renovation project and ongoing state interests in the arena also will require approval from 2 of the state's 3 members.

2020
03:31:12.814 --> 03:31:23.759
<v Donnie Oliveira>Conceptually, the authority is envisioned to be in a leadership role during the planning for and implementation of the renovation project, but after completion of the project, the authority retains an oversight role.

2021
03:31:23.807 --> 03:31:29.739
<v Donnie Oliveira>But the city, as the facility owner and the large investor in ongoing projects assumes a leadership role.

2022
03:31:30.837 --> 03:31:41.188
<v Donnie Oliveira>It is the different financial contributions that drive the state's desire for greater control of material decisions regarding the renovation project and then the city's need for more control after substantial completion.

2023
03:31:41.252 --> 03:31:44.215
<v Donnie Oliveira>And that's reflected in the agreement, which is Exhibit A as it's written.

2024
03:31:45.652 --> 03:31:49.644
<v Donnie Oliveira>And meetings of the authority are anticipated to be held online and will be open to the public.

2025
03:31:51.559 --> 03:31:53.227
<v Donnie Oliveira>So just a tiny bit more detail about that.

2026
03:31:53.358 --> 03:32:03.704
<v Donnie Oliveira>Articles 5 and 6 of the agreement, that's Exhibit A to the ordinance, they cover the roles and responsibilities of the joint authority before and then after substantial completion of the arena renovation project.

2027
03:32:04.459 --> 03:32:13.018
<v Donnie Oliveira>The agreement is set up to place the joint authority in a leadership role during the negotiation, as I said, of project development agreements and the planning, design, and construction of the improvements.

2028
03:32:13.450 --> 03:32:22.009
<v Donnie Oliveira>And then after the renovation is complete, the city, as the arena owner and largest provider of ongoing funding, assumes a lead role in the ongoing management and oversight of arena operations.

2029
03:32:23.923 --> 03:32:26.522
<v Donnie Oliveira>The joint authority retains an oversight and approval role.

2030
03:32:29.670 --> 03:32:33.846
<v Donnie Oliveira>So accepting the report today approves the city's 3 initial members of the joint authority.

2031
03:32:34.103 --> 03:32:43.969
<v Donnie Oliveira>Per the agreement, all members of the authority must be members of the management or professional staff of the appointing party and will serve initial terms that last through substantial completion of the renovations.

2032
03:32:44.549 --> 03:32:48.356
<v Donnie Oliveira>The proposed members are City Administrator Raymond Lee, Building Official Nancy Thorington, and Deputy City Attorney Nancy Thorington.

2033
03:32:48.489 --> 03:32:51.884
<v Donnie Oliveira>Natalie Didion, and Deputy Budget Director Brian Connell.

2034
03:32:52.609 --> 03:32:55.296
<v Donnie Oliveira>Their biographies and statements of interest are included in the report.

2035
03:32:57.709 --> 03:33:10.649
<v Donnie Oliveira>Looking ahead to next steps, including authorizing any city funding for the project, we've been clear with our partners and Rip City management that the City Council expects several key things.

2036
03:33:10.699 --> 03:33:12.398
<v Donnie Oliveira>And Council President, you were just referring to this.

2037
03:33:12.788 --> 03:33:26.924
<v Donnie Oliveira>Several key things have to be presented to us before we can make any decisions, and these include those detailed project plans and budget details, negotiated terms of that 20-year lease, labor standards, and demonstrated progress on community benefits agreement.

2038
03:33:29.311 --> 03:33:42.965
<v Donnie Oliveira>Establishing the joint authority fulfills an important requirement of Senate Bill 1501, but the bill also requires binding financial commitments from the city and county and a binding 20-year lease commitment from Rip City Management and the Portland Trail Blazers.

2039
03:33:43.462 --> 03:33:50.639
<v Donnie Oliveira>The state needs these commitments in place in order to commence work on the bond sale and to be able to sell bonds prior to the end of their financial biennium.

2040
03:33:51.426 --> 03:34:04.721
<v Donnie Oliveira>This means that further City Council action, as well as actions by the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners, will need to be taken in order to meet the requirements of Senate Bill 1501 and allow the state to proceed with their bond issuance preparation activities.

2041
03:34:07.659 --> 03:34:23.500
<v Donnie Oliveira>So again, just to, to reiterate, we, we're presenting today an ordinance which would authorize the city administrator to sign the intergovernmental agreement establishing the Oregon Arena Joint Authority, uh, and we are asking you to accept a report appointing the 3 initial members to the city on the joint authority.

2042
03:34:24.093 --> 03:34:25.184
<v Jamie Dunphy>Okay, thank you very much.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Keelan, I'd like to confirm, has anyone signed up for testimony on either of these items?

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<v Keelan McClymont>No one has signed up.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Okay, colleagues, we are now in both technical and clarifying questions Thank you, Council President.

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<v Sameer Kanal>So just wanted to appreciate you both being here and the work you've been doing on this.

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<v Sameer Kanal>Just wanted to follow up on one thing you had mentioned, um, because this is something I've been bringing up for several months now.

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<v Sameer Kanal>Um, it's on page 13 of the document.

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<v Sameer Kanal>It's Section 4.2 on eligibility.

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<v Sameer Kanal>Um, each initial authority member shall be a member of management or the professional administrative staff of the appointing party.

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<v Sameer Kanal>Um, so that's not clear to me.

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<v Sameer Kanal>That, by not simply by who is being chosen but by actual intergovernmental agreement proposed at this moment, would exclude anybody from the legislative branch from being on this.

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<v Sameer Kanal>Is that correct?

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<v Donnie Oliveira>Yes.

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<v Unidentified speaker>Okay.

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<v Sameer Kanal>Um, I've— colleagues, I'm not going to take up a lot of time because I've been bringing this up in segments of, or conversations you've all been involved in for months, but that is a, uh, a deal breaker for me, so I'll be voting no on Thank you, Councilor Khan.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Councilor Ryan.

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<v Dan Ryan>Thank you, Council President.

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<v Dan Ryan>Good to see both of you.

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<v Dan Ryan>Did you mention who the state and the county have selected?

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<v Donnie Oliveira>The county has put forth Chris Neal, who's their Chief Operating Officer.

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<v Donnie Oliveira>And we, we have—.

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<v Donnie Oliveira>We're waiting for the state's official term, but we believe it'll be DAS, Department of Administrative Services Director, Chief Financial Officer, So the governor and the county chair, similar to the mayor, are selecting professionals and trying to keep politics out of the nuts and bolts negotiating, but keep that here on the dais and having professionals in their units provide that at the negotiating table.

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<v Donnie Oliveira>I might refine that, Councilor.

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<v Donnie Oliveira>I don't think it's about keeping politics out.

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<v Donnie Oliveira>I think we were trying to get the right people in the seats in the moment in time we are.

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<v Donnie Oliveira>For the, the just the quick pace we're on to get these renovations.

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<v Dan Ryan>Of course I had to be political.

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<v Dan Ryan>Um, I just, I'm really, I really appreciate that the mayor, um, and the governor and the county chair are appointing similar skill sets and influence, um, from their organizations, and I think it's important that we line up and play in, in accordance.

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<v Dan Ryan>So thank you.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you, Councilor Ryan.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Councilor Pirtle-Guiney.

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<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Thank you, Council President.

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<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Um, CA Lee, sometimes when we make appointments on this body, we ask questions of folks getting appointed, and of the 3 folks on the list, you're the one who's here.

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<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>So can you share with us how you plan to keep council briefed and up to date about the work of the Joint Authority as one of our representatives?

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<v Donnie Oliveira>Councilor, just for the record, uh, Brian and Natalie are here as well.

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<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Fantastic.

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<v Raymond C. Lee>I still think I'm the best to answer that question since that's my role.

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<v Raymond C. Lee>Uh, in general, uh, I think we will still continue with the same course of action of making sure that we are constantly keeping first initially kind of the council president and vice president engaged in the communication, but also trying to develop a schedule with the council president of what will be the routine and schedule and flow of information to the elected body.

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<v Raymond C. Lee>You know, we have our different avenues of doing that that I'm open to doing, our 6x6s, our— since this will be some negotiations, it may be some executive session conversation as well.

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<v Raymond C. Lee>But I will lean on council's leadership to kind of talk through the frequency of communication, but also the flow of communication.

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<v Raymond C. Lee>And how should that be handled in writing, or face-to-face as we kind of go through these negotiations.

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<v Raymond C. Lee>I know a lot of this will be a lot of moving pieces at a certain time, so I'll really be leaning on council leadership to help disseminate information, or if we need to have a briefing session, to make sure we get that scheduled in a timely fashion.

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<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Great.

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<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>The joint authority documents are dense and long, and there are some things in there that I would have written differently, but I I understand that we're negotiating them and we each have to do a little bit of give and take there.

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<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>But can you speak to how you plan to balance the needs and interests of the city as expressed by this body on behalf of our constituents with the need to find agreement with our other 2 public sector partners as we enter into some very complicated work through the joint authority?

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<v Raymond C. Lee>I believe I'm in this unique situation, and what I've been in these last several weeks, a month, where I'm really, uh, having conversations and, and talks and negotiations for all 3, uh, branches of our government, from our state, county, and city, and trying to balance, uh, the desires of all of those electeds as it relates to what's the best deal for Portlanders, but what's the best deal for the state of Oregon as well?

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<v Raymond C. Lee>I think as we continue to have conversations, my long-term and what my job is always is trying to keep the best interest for the city of Portland at heart and how we're moving forward with setting us up for long-term success in any negotiations and being transparent, because ultimately this body has to be able to vote on that and bringing something back to this body that is digestible.

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<v Raymond C. Lee>Thank you.

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<v Raymond C. Lee>For a vote to pass from this body.

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<v Raymond C. Lee>So as I go through negotiations, it's always looking at some of those core value things that I've heard repeatedly from this body, the things they want to see in a short-term or even a long-term agreement with the Blazers and seeing how we can get that across the finish line.

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<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Thank you.

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<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>I know that there are multiple definitions for success when you look at this body, the executive and the administrative branches of our city.

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<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>And I know balancing that is no easy task, but I hope that you will continue to come back to us to reevaluate what success looks like as you move through the process, and that this isn't just a report out but a two-way communication where we can continue to provide you updates on what we're hearing in community and what we think we need for our city as you I believe that is critical in these conversations.

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<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Thank you.

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<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>I'll just add one other thing, and I, I will be supporting this, and I don't want to nitpick and propose changes, but I, I was a little disappointed to see in the language of the findings laid out, not in the language of the agreement itself, number 11, the parties have agreed that funds for renovations to the Moda Center will improve visitor experience, install more energy-efficient systems that will lower the building's carbon footprint, and update lighting and audiovisual systems.

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<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>I have heard about a significant number of upgrades that are needing— needed for that building to optimize operations of events within the space and to optimize the workplace for the people who are there.

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<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Neither of those were listed, and I think those are some of the most important renovations that we will be considering.

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<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>So I hope that you are carrying those into the conversation as well as the 3 things that are listed in, um, Sub 11?

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<v Raymond C. Lee>Most definitely.

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<v Raymond C. Lee>We want this venue to be a venue that's activated every day of the week, and we know to be able to do that, we have to have those type of enhancements to the facility so it can be utilized to its full capacity.

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<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Thank you.

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<v Elana Pirtle-Guiney>Thank you, Council President.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you, Councilor Pirtle-Guiney.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Councilor Kanal, last word.

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<v Dan Ryan>Thanks.

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<v Sameer Kanal>Yeah, just to clarify, 'cause I don't enjoy having my previous comments being mischaracterized.

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<v Sameer Kanal>But before I actually get to that, we're voting on these 2 things back to back, right?

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<v Sameer Kanal>We're debating them both simultaneously?

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<v Jamie Dunphy>We'll be voting on them next week.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>They have to go to a second reading.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Well, one of them has to go to a second reading, so we'll be voting on them back to back next week.

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<v Sameer Kanal>Got it.

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<v Sameer Kanal>Okay.

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<v Sameer Kanal>So yeah, first, concerns not with the 3 individuals whose qualifications are not in doubt in any way for being on I think the idea is that if you look at what's been going on for the last, I mean, at least 9 months, maybe more, we've seen that this entire thing has been run out of the executive branch of our government.

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<v Sameer Kanal>And so it's not leaving in or out politics to exclude the legislative branch.

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<v Sameer Kanal>It's reflecting just one elected official's politics, the one who's not in the room right now.

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<v Sameer Kanal>Councilor Smith, And so I think it's really important to capture that and to say that's the problem, because I don't believe that the path that we've been on between the executive and legislative branches for communication around this particular project have been accurate.

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<v Sameer Kanal>One example of that is what Councilor Pirtle-Guiney just raised.

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<v Sameer Kanal>What does it mean to say in the findings of this ordinance that the parties have agreed?

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<v Sameer Kanal>As far as I'm aware, nothing's been agreed to.

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<v Sameer Kanal>Councilor So how is that in a finding, which is supposed to be something that already happened reflecting a previous agreement?

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<v Sameer Kanal>And I think that that is the same thing that we've seen where we have someone who is not authorized to speak on behalf of authorizing piece of funds doing it, the mayor.

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<v Sameer Kanal>We have seen over and over and over again that problem.

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<v Sameer Kanal>So I resent the implication that it's putting politics into it to say that the best way to implement this is to have the mayor do it.

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<v Sameer Kanal>Thank you.

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<v Sameer Kanal>Ensure unity at the end of this is to ensure that the legislative branch is also in the room.

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<v Sameer Kanal>So that's the concern I've been raising in executive sessions for months now.

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<v Sameer Kanal>Everybody up here knows that.

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<v Sameer Kanal>And so that's, that's the reason that I can't support the IGA specifically.

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<v Sameer Kanal>And I just wanted to get that on the record before it's mischaracterized.

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<v Dan Ryan>Thanks.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you, Councilor Kanal.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Colleagues, seeing no one else in the queue for discussion, document 2026-362 Thank you.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Document 2022-363 is passed to a second reading to be heard on October 21st.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Document 2026-363 is also carried over to October 21st.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>We will vote on both of these items sequentially on that date.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>We are— we've concluded our agenda for today, and we are in recess until 2 o'clock tomorrow, Thursday, October 15th.

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<v Jamie Dunphy>Thank you very much.